how-do-you-do
- noun
- /haʊ djuː dʊ/
- Formal
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encantado
- I said, "Isn't that a fine how-do-you-do?"
You know, I'm about to go from Ian to how do you do fellow kids?
- You know, I'm about to go from Ian to how do you do fellow kids?
Examples
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Well, this is a fine how do you do, isn't it, Potts, old mate?
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- Hello, how do you do?
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- That's a fine how do you do after all these years.
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Well, that's a fine how do you do on Christmas day.
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"Without so much as a how do you do, she's in my face," says Jonah.
Fiction book (2001) -
Isn't that a fine how-do-you-do?
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It's a pleasure to finally meet you; how do you do?
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When introduced to each other, they politely said, "How do you do?"
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At the formal event, guests exchanged the customary greeting, "How do you do?"
Synonyms
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1.0
A short friendly greeting you use when you meet someone
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8.1
A friendly, informal way to say hello mainly in the southern United States
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6.1
A formal greeting used when meeting someone for the first time that does not need an answer
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9.9
A short informal greeting used to ask how someone is
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1.0
A short greeting you say when you meet someone or answer the phone
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8.5
To ask someone how they are when you meet them
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8.6
A friendly greeting used to get someone's attention
A friendly informal greeting that asks how someone is doing
To ask someone in a friendly, casual way how they are
A friendly informal greeting asking how someone is
Surface Forms
Etymology
How-do-you-do comes from the full question 'How do you do?', which people once used as a very polite, formal way to meet someone for the first time. So how-do-you-do is still used today as a formal greeting.