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Definition of how-do-you-do in English: how-do-you-do(also how-d'ye-do, how-de-do) noun 1A greeting. Example sentencesExamples - But I'm just keyed into his drawl "How do you do?"
- ' Yes of course, how do you do Mr. Darcy? '
- Instead of the usual ' hello ' or ' how do you do ', Darden could only exclaim, "You walked in all this rain?"
- Tang said at that time he thought the only way to greet a person was to say, "How do you do?"
- Showing up in town without telling her first, or so much as a " how-do-you-do ".
- How do you do this fine afternoon? "
- "How do you do, Mr. Corey?"
- " How do you do, Mrs. Wentworth.
- Miss Darcy's nervousness was plain from her gentle "How do you do?"
- To cashier him away, they made him Governor General of our country without so much as a "If you please" or " How do you do ".
- She then executed a perfect little curtsey and said solemnly, "how do you do, sir?"
- Upon introduction, it is proper to say "How do you do," not "Hi" or " Hello "!
- He said, ' How do you do. '
- We've moved onto slightly more sophisticated signals of communication, such as er, language: saying things like "How do you do?"
- Without so much as a ' how do you do ' they launched straight into a tightly rehearsed 20-minute routine of their songs specially tailored for the show.
- 1.1informal An awkward, messy, or annoying situation.
a fine how-do-you-do that would be! Example sentencesExamples - Isn't that a fine how do you do.
- Well, that's a fine "how do you do."
Synonyms difficulty, issue, trouble, worry, complication, difficult situation, mess, muddle, mix-up
Rhymes accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo Definition of how-do-you-do in US English: how-do-you-do(also how-d'ye-do, how-de-do) nounˌhaʊdəjəˈduˌhoudəyəˈdo͞o 1A greeting. Example sentencesExamples - "How do you do, Mr. Corey?"
- We've moved onto slightly more sophisticated signals of communication, such as er, language: saying things like "How do you do?"
- How do you do this fine afternoon? "
- Upon introduction, it is proper to say "How do you do," not "Hi" or " Hello "!
- ' Yes of course, how do you do Mr. Darcy? '
- Without so much as a ' how do you do ' they launched straight into a tightly rehearsed 20-minute routine of their songs specially tailored for the show.
- Miss Darcy's nervousness was plain from her gentle "How do you do?"
- Tang said at that time he thought the only way to greet a person was to say, "How do you do?"
- He said, ' How do you do. '
- She then executed a perfect little curtsey and said solemnly, "how do you do, sir?"
- But I'm just keyed into his drawl "How do you do?"
- Showing up in town without telling her first, or so much as a " how-do-you-do ".
- Instead of the usual ' hello ' or ' how do you do ', Darden could only exclaim, "You walked in all this rain?"
- " How do you do, Mrs. Wentworth.
- To cashier him away, they made him Governor General of our country without so much as a "If you please" or " How do you do ".
- 1.1informal An awkward, messy, or annoying situation.
a fine how-do-you-do that would be! Example sentencesExamples - Isn't that a fine how do you do.
- Well, that's a fine "how do you do."
Synonyms difficulty, issue, trouble, worry, complication, difficult situation, mess, muddle, mix-up
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