not just you
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4.0
- idiom
- It wasn't just you, Bunny.
Examples
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Don't worry, feeling overwhelmed is not just you; many people are in the same boat.
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When I heard others share their struggles, I realized it's not just you who feels this way.
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After talking to my friends, I understood that the pressure we face is not just you who experiences it.
Synonyms
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3.6
People who share the same problem and help each other
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8.4
An informal short way to say me too online or in speech
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9.9
Say this to show you feel the same as two other people
Antonyms
How Common
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'not just you' is directly compositional: negation 'not' + 'just' meaning 'only' + the pronoun 'you' yields the sense 'not only you' (others also). This structure is common across languages and follows a straightforward logical pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can predict the meaning.
Etymology
Not just you comes from the simple picture of someone pointing to others and saying it is not only you who feels this; there are other people too. So it is used to tell someone 'you are not alone' or that 'others also have the same problem'.