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how say you

how say you phrase: with regard to a thing said or asked about, as when one asks an opinion: what do you say? What is your opinion?

Phrase

how say you?

  1. (formal) With regard to a thing said or asked about, as when one asks an opinion: what do you say? What is your opinion?
    • How say you, gentlemen of the jury?
    • How ſay you ſir, can you deny all this?c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC...
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    what say you

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Questions about how say you

What does how say you mean?
How say you means with regard to a thing said or asked about, as when one asks an opinion: what do you say? What is your opinion?
What part of speech is how say you?
How say you is a phrase.

Words near how say you in the dictionary

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  2. how my
  3. how no
  4. how now
  5. how old are you
  6. how say you
  7. how see
  8. how should I know
  9. how so
  10. how the cow ate the cabbage
  11. how the mighty have fallen

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