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how about that

how about that phrase: a general statement of surprise or bemusement with regard to a particular event.; isn't that good, or unexpected, etc.

Phrase

how about; ?

  1. (rhetoric) A general statement of surprise or bemusement with regard to a particular event.; isn't that good, or unexpected, etc.

Questions about how about that

What does how about that mean?
How about that means a general statement of surprise or bemusement with regard to a particular event.; isn't that good, or unexpected, etc.
What part of speech is how about that?
How about that is a phrase.

Words near how about that in the dictionary

  1. Hovsepyan
  2. Hovsepyans
  3. how
  4. how about
  5. how about no
  6. how about that
  7. how about them apples
  8. how are things
  9. how are you
  10. how are you diddling
  11. how are you doing

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