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how's that

how's that phrase: used to ask someone to repeat something.

Phrase

how's that?

  1. Used to ask someone to repeat something
    • “Oh Dave, I'm so sorry.”
      “How's that?”
      “I said I'm sorry.”
      “You'll have to speak up. I got more sirens going for me than London in the blitz.”2014, Richard Curtis, Death In the Crease
  2. Used to make an appeal to the umpire as to whether the batsman is out or not
    Synonyms:
    howzat, owzat
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see how, is, that.

Synonyms of how's that

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Questions about how's that

What does how's that mean?
How's that means used to ask someone to repeat something.
What part of speech is how's that?
How's that is a phrase.

Words near how's that in the dictionary

  1. how's everything
  2. how's it
  3. how's it going
  4. how's it hanging
  5. how's life
  6. how's that
  7. how's that again
  8. how's that for
  9. how's the weather
  10. how's the weather up there
  11. how's them apples

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