what have you

Idioms and Phrases

What remains and need not be mentioned; and the like. For example, The display room is full of stereos, TV's, and what have you . Although first recorded in 1920, this expression uses an archaic form of putting a question (using have you instead of do you have ) as a noun clause, and what in the sense of “anything that.” The synonym who knows what is much older, dating from about 1700; for example, When we cleaned out the tool shed we found old grass seed, fertilizer, and who knows what other junk . Also see or whatever .

Example Sentences

Other times, depending on the turns in the road, and what-have-you, you would get a view of him.

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Just as a grocery store uses for their produce and what-have-you.

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So that's the source of life, strength, what-have-you, of the aliens!

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Killing these fumapties and lemarts and sencors and what-have-you.

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