Used to make a casual suggestion or propose an idea, usually followed by a noun phrase or verb form.
“How about we ask a different supplier for a quote?”
“How about moving the meeting to Friday instead?”
This is one of the most common suggestion-starters in the Problem Solving conversation, typically appearing once a problem has been named and the speakers move toward solutions. Because several suggestions can appear in a row, track each one and how the other speaker reacts, since the question may ask which suggestion was finally accepted.
Synonyms: what about, why not, how would it be if