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Phrase(s): How’s the family? [and] How’s your family? an expression used on greeting to ask about the state of the person’s immediate family. • Bob: Hello, Fred. How are you? Fred: Fine, thanks. Bob: How’s the family? Fred: Great! How’s yours? Bob: Couldn’t be better. • "How’s the family?" asked Bill, greeting his boss.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs