yours truly
Use Yours truly in a sentenceyours truly
noun
1.
a conventional phrase used at the end of a letter.
2.
Informal. I; myself; me: I'm only in business to profit yours truly.
Origin:
1790–1800
1790–1800
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World English Dictionary
| 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 truly
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Slang Dictionary
yours truly definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
yours truly
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A closing formula for a letter, as in It was signed "Yours truly, Mary Smith." [Late 1700s]
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I, me, myself, as in Jane sends her love, as does yours truly. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
Of course, the two big kids in the house-especially yours truly-can't wait either.
Even with professional guides, family members and friends, she sure made a good impression on yours truly.
He slipped up by bragging on a break, by the snack machine, and was promptly snitched upon by yours truly.
It was yours truly, all false modesty aside, who more or less revolutionized the genre.
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