him
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A male person or animal who receives an action
- pronoun
- /hɪm/
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- I hadn't heard from him since the new year.
I had a friend, I won't name him, his mum died.
- I had a friend, I won't name him, his mum died.
- So now when I walk away from him, he asks me.
- But you are pushing him to his death.
- And and I could read him like a book.
- And I will say to him, I got you.
- It is so weird how she treats him like a boyfriend.
- I hadn't heard from him since the new year.
- What was it about him that made you stay?
- So I was smitten with him right off the bat.
- By denying it to him, we can starve him out.
- Yeah, well, we got him on the line here, so.
- And Hare tells him that here we go.
- Oh man, what if she did give him some then what?
- Yes, I didn't try to get him to say yes.
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Examples
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So I was smitten with him right off the bat.
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What was it about him that made you stay?
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The team's been led by him to win things.
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I saw you and him walking in the rain.
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But I got to know him more later on.
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Of course you've been waiting for him, Shaq.
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I haven't seen him since last summer.
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Everyone believes in him and his abilities.
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The teacher asked him to stay after class.
Idioms
A person who is very calm and not easily upset, even in a dangerous situation
Surface Forms
him object case
Etymology
The word him comes from an old English form of he that meant 'to him' or 'for him', so it has always pointed to the person who receives an action. That's why you use him when something is given to or done to a male person.