do the honors

Idioms  

1. Act as a host or hostess, performing introductions and otherwise attending to guests. For example, At home Mary leaves it to Bill to do the honors when they have guests. This expression uses honors in the sense of “courtesy.” [Mid-1600s]

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do the honors

Soon after, Roy’s assistant manager Nicole Rachel called Birdsall into the old motel office, showed him the three switches that control the 50-foot sign and invited him to do the honors.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

If you thought that meant the cast of “Veep” would do the honors for the top comedy award, Annie Murphy’s appearance alongside the Levys quickly zapped that idea.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2024

That network will do the honors as the Golden Knights send their first title banner to the rafters before a game against the Kraken on Oct.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

A woman at the next table, overhearing the waiter, suggested that her companion, an opera singer, could do the honors.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2022

As for a name, they have decided to let Ashima’s grandmother, who is past eighty now, who has named each of her other six great-grandchildren in the world, do the honors.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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