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What is How goes it?

A phrase stated with attitude (emphasis on the second 'that') upon successfully winning a fight with an inanimate object that was giving you difficulty. For greater effect, the object is spoken to directly with a stern and intense look.

Edwin opened a jar that no one else could. He promptly held the now open jar at eye level looking at it intensely and said "That's how that goes."

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How goes it - video


How goes it - what is it?

"How goes the enemy?" Is a common question in Britain, it has the same meaning as What time is it?!
This term was inspired from the princible of the time being our enemy.

Hey, How goes the enemy, brother?
About five o'clock

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What does "How goes it" mean?

Used in SLC PUnk, i personally started using it before that movie came out...but, thats where most people get it from.

hey, how goes it, been a while.

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How goes it - what does it mean?

From Afrikaans "Hoe gaan dit", literally "How are you?"

Jim: How goes it?
Peter: It goes.

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How goes it - meaning

How goes it is a phrase recoined in suburban California, near Folsom. The true reviver of this phrase is not known, but we are sure to find him/her out soon.

"How goes it?"
"It goes good"

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How goes it - definition

A word redcoined in California, but not sure by who. Appeared in movies beforehand and also in TV shows.

"How goes it?"
"It goes good."

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How goes it - slang

A shortened way of saying 'How is it going?'.

Person: How goes!
Classmates: Aight chief, how goes...

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How goes it

Another way of saying What's up, usually used in Chats with messengers

Person 1: Hello
Person 2: How goes?
person 1: Well i guess Nothing much
Person 2: Ah i see

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How goes it

It could be an expression from modern French. The expression "comment รงa va?" (literally "how it goes?"). This is an informal expression meaning "How are you?".

Hey John, how goes it?

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How goes it

Synonymous with the phrases "how are you" or "how are you going". Most likely derived from literal translations of similarly structured forms in European languages, such as the German "wie geht's", the Dutch "hoe gaat het" and the French "comment รงa va".

"How goes it" is non-standard and is generally used as a somewhat quirky informal alternative to the more conventional questions. In this sense, the phrase may have a somewhat humorous effect.

(1) Interlocutors may respond in the same way as they would to the more conventional "how are you".

A: "How goes it?"
B: "I'm well."

(2) Alternatively, interlocutors may acknowledge the facetious nature of the structure "how goes it", and respond in kind.

A: "How goes it?"
B: "It goes well."

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