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how do you do

 
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–noun
(used as a conventional greeting).

how-do-you-do

  [hou-duh-yuh-doo]
–noun, plural -dos. Informal.
1. a greeting; salutation: She smiled and gave him a how-do-you-do fit for a king.
2. an awkward or unpleasant event or situation: It's a fine how-do-you-do that they've refused to help us out.
Also, how-de-do  [hou-dee-doo] .

Origin:
1625–35
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