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how do you do en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (UK, euphemistic) A difficult situation
   • Well, this is a fine how do you do isn't it, Gromit? 1993, Nick Park, Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers:
   • "Vienna!" Mr. B. went on. "This is a bit of a how-do-you-do, is it not?" 2013, Chris Raschka, Seriously, Norman!, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 115:
   • On the winding road to Petropolis, they did not speak, not about modernism or the construction of houses or antique bird jails or fine how-do-you-dos. 2010, Michael Sledge, The More I Owe You: A Novel, Counterpoint Press, →ISBN, page 78:

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1. (dated, formal) A greeting used upon being introduced to someone. Alternatives are how are you, pleased to meet you, and nice to meet you. (Sometimes used as a rhetorical question among familiar parties, depending on the region).
   • "How do you do?" began Pollyanna politely. "I'm from Miss Polly Harrington, and I'd like to see Mrs. Snow, please." 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:
   • ‘How do you do!’ said the Minister. ‘I’m very well, indeed! how’s yourself?’ 1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 37:

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Relateds

how are you doing · howdy

Translations (76)

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