you'd

[yood, yood, yuhd]

1. contraction of you had:

   Sorry we missed you—you'd already left by the time we arrived.

2. contraction of you would:

   You'd be foolish to pass up such an offer.

you'd

/ jʊd, juːd /

contraction

1. you had or you would

Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

There’s a difference between exposing weird, dark stuff about yourself and doing something more confessional, like the stand-up version of what you’d say to a therapist.

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If you paid zero in real estate taxes on your house last year and they said, “This year, we think it’d be jolly good if you pay $14 million and, next year, $40 million,” you’d probably notice it’s a big number.

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You’d be surprised by the mistakes people make when writing a will, including forgetting to sign it.

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"We were there once a month for a week to two weeks at a time and every time the relationships just kind of grew stronger and stronger and they started offering tours of different places, I guess like behind the scenes or I don't know what you'd call it," Mr Evers said.

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If you search for Xinjiang on social media platforms RedNote and Weibo, as you'd expect, you get posts raving about its beauty and iconic architecture.

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