yours truly

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yours

(yo͝orz, yôrz)

pron. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

1. Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to you: The larger boots are yours. If I can't find my book, I'll take yours.

2. Used often with an adverbial modifier in the complimentary close of a letter: Sincerely yours.

Idiom:

yours truly

I, myself, or me: "Let me talk about a typical day in the life of yours truly" (Robert A. Spivey).

[Middle English, from your, your; see your.]

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yours truly

pron

an informal term for I, myself, or me

[from the conventional closing phrase used at the end of letters]

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yours′ tru′ly

pron.

I; myself; me.

[1790–1800]

Translations

distinti saluti

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"Weren't you listening to Captain Jim and yours truly the other night when we discussed that subject generally?

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"You can't talk that way to yours truly. I got your number an' your tag, my son.

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Yours truly." The rejoinder came back in a quarter of an hour.

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She won't get far ahead of yours truly, you know," he added, winking.

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Takes more'n a handful of them pesky critters to do for yours truly, Bill, my son."

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again, meaning, for the rest of my life, to be only yours truly,--Wm.

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"This is too much all at once for yours truly. Give me a chance to get my nerve.

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Thus he was constantly addressed, even in minor notes on business, as 'Dear Rumty'; in answer to which, he sedately signed himself, 'Yours truly, R.

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"With kind compliments from yours truly!" he said--and burst out laughing, and put her down again.

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"And finally, the samba-tastic All Night Long, which even had yours truly tapping his foot to the music as the place went crazy."

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The actress, who recently travelled to Busan International Film Festival for her film Yours Truly, said: "Every company should have zero tolerance on sexual harassment so that victims feel secure while taking a stand."

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New Delhi [India], Sep 04 ( ANI ): Bollywood diva Alia Bhatt recently unveiled the poster of 'Yours Truly', an "extremely special" film, starring her parents together for the first time.