Usually means: Perform a task or ceremony.
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  1. do the honors: Merriam-Webster
  2. do the honors: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. do the honors: Vocabulary.com
  4. do the honors: Wiktionary
  5. do the honors: Dictionary.com
  6. do the honors: Rhymezone
  7. do the honors: FreeDictionary.org
  8. do the honors: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. do the honors: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. do the honors: Encyclopedia

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  1. do the honors: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (do the honors)

verb:  (idiomatic) To act as a host to guests.
verb:  (idiomatic) To perform a duty.

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