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you
[ yoo; unstressed yoo, yuh ]
pronoun
- the pronoun of the second person singular or plural, used of the person or persons being addressed, in the nominative or objective case:
You are the highest bidder. It is you who are to blame. We can't help you. This package came for you. Did she give you the book?
- one; anyone; people in general:
a tiny animal you can't even see.
- (used in apposition with the subject of a sentence, sometimes repeated for emphasis following the subject):
You children pay attention. You rascal, you!
- Informal. (used in place of the pronoun your before a gerund):
There's no sense in you getting upset.
- Archaic.
- yourself; yourselves:
Get you home. Make you ready.
- a plural form of the pronoun ye 1.
noun
- something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed:
Don't buy the bright red shirt—it just isn't you. It was like seeing another you.
- the nature or character of the person addressed:
Try to discover the hidden you.
you
/ juː; jʊ /
pronoun
- refers to the person addressed or to more than one person including the person or persons addressed but not including the speaker
the culprit is among you
you know better
- Alsoone refers to an unspecified person or people in general
you can't tell the boys from the girls
- a dialect word for yourself or yourselves See yourself
you should get you a wife now
noun
- informal.the personality of the person being addressed or something that expresses it
that hat isn't really you
- you know what or you know whoa thing or person that the speaker cannot or does not want to specify
Usage Note
Usage
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of you1
Idioms and Phrases
- all right for you
- as you please
- before you can say Jack Robinson
- before you know it
- between you and me
- bite the hand that feeds you
- do you read me
- for shame (on you)
- fuck you
- good for (you)
- how does that grab you
- how do you do
- if you can't beat them, join them
- I'll be seeing you
- I told you so
- look before you leap
- my heart bleeds for you
- no matter how you slice it
- not if you paid me
- now you're talking
- pay as you go
- practice what you preach
- quit while you're ahead
- same to you
- says who (you)
- screw you
- that's ___ for you
- what do you know
- what do you take me for
- what have you
- what of it (what's it to you)
- what's eating you
Example Sentences
The Internet cool kids are rallying against Taylor Swift after her bold screw-you to Spotify.
For more better-for-you beverages, check out these 10 Healthy Holiday Cocktail Recipes.
Dwyer was present for many of the events he describes, providing a you-are-in-the-room feel.
Because that minimum-wage hike was a project of the federal government, and that means that you-know-who was for it.
So it's really a take-what-you-can-get kind of situation with him.
The "Pay-as-You-Go" system has reflected favorably on the state's financial reputation.
"I beg of you, I appeal to you-my friend," she urged, with that ardour of the counsel who pleads a bad cause.
"I wish t' hell, stranger, you-all hadn't edged off south," chattered Alfred.
But wildcats is purty heavy, an' you-all can hit 'em with a shotgun.
"I just stepped over to inquire what you-all'd like for breakfast this mornin'," he said with a grin.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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