How are you?

Related to How are you?: How Do You Do?, How Are You Doing

How are you?

1. How are things? How's life? Used as a general friendly greeting. A: "Good to see you, John. How are you?" B: "I've been well, thanks. How are you, Paul?"
2. Used to inquire into the state of someone's mental, emotional, or physical health. How are you, Miranda? I heard you were sick recently.
See also: how
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • How is everything?
  • How's things (with you)?
  • how's it going
  • How's life (treating you)?
  • How's by you?
  • How's about...?
  • How's the family?
  • How's the/your family?
  • How's my boy?
  • How's my/the boy?