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how do you mean

how do you mean phrase: a request for clarification of what the listener just said.

Phrase

how do you mean?

  1. A request for clarification of what the listener just said.

Synonyms of how do you mean

Questions about how do you mean

What does how do you mean mean?
How do you mean means a request for clarification of what the listener just said.
What part of speech is how do you mean?
How do you mean is a phrase.

Words near how do you mean in the dictionary

  1. how do you do, fellow kids
  2. how do you dos
  3. how do you like
  4. how do you like that
  5. how do you like them apples
  6. how do you mean
  7. how do you pronounce this word
  8. how do you say … in English
  9. how do you sleep at night
  10. how do you spell this word
  11. how embarrassment

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