What have you been getting up to?
What have you been getting up to?
1. How have you been occupying your time? Used as part of a greeting. What have you and Janet been getting up to since I last saw you? A: "Hey, Tom, long time no see!" B: "Hi Jerry, good to see you. What have you been getting up to these days?"
2. What are you doing? Used to indicate suspicion that someone's actions are not allowed or not entirely proper. Hey, what have you been getting up to in here? There's nothing for you in those files!
See also: been, get, have, up, what
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- How is everything?
- how's it going
- how-de-do
- dee
- howdy-do
- felicitation
- Greetings and felicitations
- Greetings and felicitations!
- Greetings and salutations
- Salutation