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Idioms

What is your thought, feeling, or desire concerning. For example, How about a cup of tea? or How about joining us for lunch? It is also put as how about it, as in How about it? Do you want to come along? [Mid-1800s] Also see what about.

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Now that you’re caught up on some heavy news, how about something lighter?

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

“No, how about we think about reorganizing the jobs?” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

As for the name “Dimensional,” Booth says, “back in 1981 people still weren’t persuaded about indexing. Small stocks behaved kind of like in a different dimension, so how about ‘dimensional?’

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

"So we thought well how about we try and celebrate the work behind the scenes and the different groups that are involved in that process of collecting all that data?"

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

"Gerta, how about this one? For your debut."

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

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