up yours
A vulgar exclamation of contempt, as in So you think you can beat me? Well, up yours! This expression, a shortening of the even more vulgar stick it up your ass, is sometimes accompanied by an obscene gesture (see give the finger). [Vulgar slang; mid-1900s]
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How to use up yours in a sentence
President Obama brought his A game to this second debate, and you will have to step up yours in Debate 3.
Cohen's main point is that, "We'll give up our refugee status… if you give up yours."
My taxi will be loitering on Sixteenth and will pick up yours as it passes and follow it to the Embassy.
The Cab of the Sleeping Horse | John Reed ScottIf I asked you to break up yours for the same reason, what would you say to me?
Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe | Eugne BrieuxI have made up my mind to let you make up yours, without urging you further upon the subject; but I must reply to one thing.
Records of a Girlhood | Frances Ann Kemble
It's me that's used to fires—ye'll see how I'll blow up yours for ye, miss.
North, South and Over the Sea | M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell)I've eaten up all the money, and I shall eat up yours as well.
All Sorts and Conditions of Men | Walter Besant
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