🛠️ On your own 🙋 Referring to you

yourself

∞ 1.0

To show that the person you speak to did something alone or is responsible

pronoun
/jʊrˈsɛlf/

: tú mismo

But anyway, just be yourself, be cute, and remember, you're doing this for the culture.

They won't and that means you taking care of issues yourself.

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Examples

Give yourself permission to forgive yourself and put those burdens down.
You should take time for yourself to relax and recharge.
How can you take yourself to that next level?
And you might ask yourself, why are we special?
And as you feel, allow yourself to finally turn the page.
Be real with yourself for one second, okay?

Hell of a Summer (2023)
Hope you enjoy spending the rest of your summer by yourself.

I'm Not Gay : A Musical (2023)
Want things done right around, you gotta do them yourself.

Blood Hook (1987)
But just because you can do something yourself doesn't mean you should.

The Real Estate Lawyer
Believe in yourself, love yourself, cherish yourself, affirm yourself.

Synonyms

number one

vsyourself

Informal

50 7.6

Putting your own needs or interests before those of other people

is used to stress the addressee's responsibility or solitary action rather than selfishness

Idioms

to make yourself at home

34 3.0

Relax and act like you are at home

to shoot yourself in the foot

Informal

1 7.5

Cause trouble for yourself by your actions, often by accident

to bark yourself

Informal

1 9.9

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

to have a word with yourself

8.4

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

hello yourself

Offensive

9.0

A sharp, rude answer when someone ignores your greeting

to keep a dog and bark yourself

9.9

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

Compounds

do-it-yourself

35 3.6

Made or fixed by yourself instead of a professional

Surface Forms

yourself reflexive

Morphology

yourself = your + self (transparent) = your + self

Built by compounding 'your' + 'self' and used emphatically; the emphatic meaning is a direct pragmatic extension accessible to learners.

Etymology

Yourself is made of your and self, and the self part points to the person 'you' in a strong way, so saying 'You yourself did it' highlights that you, not someone else, did it or are responsible.