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how are things

how are things phrase: how are you?

Phrase

how are things?

  1. (informal) How are you?

Forms of how are things

alternative formhow's things

Questions about how are things

What does how are things mean?
How are things means how are you?
What part of speech is how are things?
How are things is a phrase.

Words near how are things in the dictionary

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

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