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how do you dos

how do you dos is the plural of how do you do.

Meaning of how do you do

Noun

how do you do (plural how do you dos)

  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

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Questions about how do you dos

What is how do you dos the plural of?
How do you dos is the plural of how do you do.

Words near how do you dos in the dictionary

  1. how do I get to the bus station
  2. how do I get to the train station
  3. how do ye do
  4. how do you do
  5. how do you do, fellow kids
  6. how do you dos
  7. how do you like
  8. how do you like that
  9. how do you like them apples
  10. how do you mean
  11. how do you pronounce this word

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