what about

Idioms  

1. Would you like, as in What about another beer? or What about a game of bridge?

2. What do you think of, as in So what about renting that white house on the corner?

3. Why, concerning what, as in I need your frank opinion.—What about?

4. what about it ? What should we do, what course of action should be taken. For example, We're supposed to be there at noon and bring two sandwiches each—now what about it? [First half of 1900s] Also see how about .

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Example Sentences

What about the worst-case scenario?

From BBC

What about the ubiquitous cellphones, with which members of the public—sometimes hostile to the cops—record police actions?

From The Wall Street Journal

What about the risks of obeying an unlawful order?

From The Wall Street Journal

Ah, but what about the congregants?

From The Wall Street Journal

That’s the short term, but what about the long term?

From MarketWatch