your
- pronoun
- /jʊr/
- Where do you draw your own strength from?
- your own
- make your
- get your
And where does that meet your art, right?
- And where does that meet your art, right?
- Stop trying to make your thing my thing.
- Instead, they're looking for your not so good stuff.
- You don't have like, you know, your own stuff.
- Don't turn on the TV in your room please.
- But just your thoughts caused your body to react.
- First, tell the person in your life the truth.
- You have to star in your own life.
- It's the fear flight thing in your brain, right?
- And that is when your boy GC got rich.
Examples
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Guide Star offers a free registration to post your project publicly for potential funders to find.
Academic text (2011) -
You will be responsible for most, if not all, of your tuition and related expenses.
Academic text (2011) -
First, tell the person in your life the truth.
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Stop trying to make your thing my thing.
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My job is weird, but your job is weird.
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Thank you for sharing your life with us.
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Don't turn on the TV in your room please.
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I don't want to waste your money or your time.
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Eat your protein next and then eat your carbs last.
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I appreciate your input on this project.
Idioms
- Informal
Tell someone not to ask about or get involved in other people's lives
You use it when telling someone something they may not know, often politely or to show they were wrong
- Informal
To imagine you are in someone else's situation and act or feel the same way
- Informal
To get noticed for your work in an area, for example in art or business
- Informal
To answer or act quickly and clearly when something unexpected happens
- Informal
To become very sick from being outside in the cold, often said as a warning
- Informal
To leave someone feeling overwhelmed or confused by too much information
- Informal
Challenge someone of similar size or strength instead of someone weaker
Show support by giving money or doing something to help
- Informal
To ask someone what they are thinking when they have been silent
Ask anyone who objects to speak now or be silent forever
- Offensive
A very rude insult that shows extreme anger at someone by insulting their mother
- Offensive
Threaten someone with very serious punishment, often as a joke
Compounds
- NSFW
A law allowing someone to use force, even deadly force, without first trying to leave when threatened
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word your is just the 'belongs to you' form of you, formed long ago by adding a small ending to show ownership. So your tells us that something belongs to the person you are speaking to.