yourself

Examples

• All

• You have brought shame upon yourself and upon us.

  Love Don’t Fade Away (2023)

• You may not be able to see it, but make yourself quiet and listen for it.

  Fiction book (1990)

• And you can say that to yourself all day long.

• There is no better question than asking yourself how am I that?

• You should have explained yourself when you first got your powers back.

  Jacket (2018)

• I want to listen and get to know how you see yourself and the world.

  Academic text (1994)

• But when you face aggression, you have to defend yourself, no matter how small you are.

  Academic text (1999)

• You're able to free yourself from your past.

• I think you're being hard on yourself.

  Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

• You need to be kind to yourself during tough times.

Idioms

M

to make yourself at home

34 3.0

Relax and act like you are at home

S

to shoot yourself in the foot

• Informal

1 7.5

Cause trouble for yourself by your actions, often by accident

B

to bark yourself

• Informal

1 9.9

To do something yourself instead of asking someone else to do it

H

to have a word with yourself

8.4

To think carefully about what you have done and decide to act differently

H

hello yourself

• Offensive

9.0

A sharp, rude answer when someone ignores your greeting

K

to keep a dog and bark yourself

• UK

9.9

To do work yourself when you hired someone else to do it

Compounds

D

do-it-yourself

35 3.6

Made or fixed by yourself instead of a professional

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology