what have you

Idioms  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

Todd, what have you brought us this year?

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

"My first words were, what have you admitted to Theo? And he said, 'uh, I don't know'," said Mr Rose.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

When it comes to AI stocks, the question isn’t what have you done for me lately but what will you do for me...eventually?

From Barron's • Dec. 8, 2025

You know, universities, Big Law, what have you.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2025

“But what have you been doing? Why are you here? It was feared that you were dead.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White