do the honours

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do the honours (British & Australian humorous) also do the honors (American & Australian)

to pour drinks or serve food 'Let's eat. Shall I do the honours?'

See also: honour

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When I was fortunate enough to attend the Super Bowl in 2005 I was hoping for a megastar to do the honours, previous performers having included Carey, Knowles, Manilow, Ross and Diamond, but was mildly dismayed to see the combined choir of the US forces doing the honours. Gaye's anthem the finest yet by The Racing Post (London, England) The motorcycling masterchefs hope to cook up a festive atmosphere when they do the honours. HAIRY LIGHTS; Bikers on the menu for this year's seasonal switch-on by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			do justice to do level best do me a favour Do me a favour! do more harm than good Do not wash your dirty linen in public do nut do one better do oneself proud do over do own thing do part do proud do share Do sit down do some fine coin do somehow by do somehow for do stuff do the business do the dirty on do the dirty work do the dishes do the hard way do the honors do the honours do the job do the rounds do the running do the trick do the unthinkable do the world of good do time do to excess do up brown Do we have to go through all that again? do with a vengeance do without do you have the time do you mind Do you mind! Do you want to make something of it? dock from doctor Doctor Livingstone, I presume? doctor up doctor's orders dodder along dodo doe does			Do sit down do some fine coin do somehow by do somehow for do someone credit do something from scratch do something hand in hand Do Something Intelligent Partner Do Something Society Entertainment do stuff do subtraction do the business Do The Damn Mission Do the Dance Do The Deed Do The Deed Do the dew Do the dew do the dirty on do the dirty on do the dirty on do the dirty on do the dirty work do the dishes do the dishes Do the Freaking Math do the hard way do the honors do the honors do the honors do the honours do the job Do the needful Do the needful Do the Reverse Desk Do The Right Extraction Do the Right Print Do The Right Thing do the rounds do the running Do the Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work do the thing do the thing do the thing do the trick do the unthinkable do the will of do the world of good Do They Know It's Christmas do things by halves Do Things My Way do thoroughly do till is blue in the face do till is blue in the face do till is blue in the face do time do to death do to death do to death do to death do to excess

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