How about that!

how about that

That is very interesting, impressive, exciting, surprising, or respectable. Said as an exclamation, rather than a question. A: "I heard Janet is running for a seat in the Senate." B: "Wow, how about that!" How about that. Have you ever seen such a thing? That scrawny kid actually made the varsity team? Huh, how about that?

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How about that!

Isn't that surprising! A: My husband and I just celebrated our sixtieth anniversary. B: How about that!

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