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you-all

[ yoo-awl, yoo-awl, yawl ]

pronoun

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. you (used in direct address to two or more people):

    You-all come back now, hear?

    Tell your mother it's time you-all came to visit us.



you-all

pronoun

  1. a US, esp Southern, word for you, used esp when addressing more than one person
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage Note

See you, y'all.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of you-all1

An Americanism dating back to 1815鈥25; you ( def ) + all ( def )
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Example Sentences

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鈥淚 do this work because my mom has been extremely vulnerable to being displaced. I, myself, am extremely vulnerable to being displaced. That drives me. It鈥檚 not charity; it鈥檚 not me coming down from on high to talk to ye little people. I鈥檓 a little person. It鈥檚 not a you-all problem; it鈥檚 an us problem.鈥

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鈥淧eople my age don鈥檛 have the disposable income for a guided trip, and people much older than you-all usually won鈥檛 take it on,鈥 although the company has guided kids as young as 9 and adults in their late 70s on the White Rim.

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He imitated Libby鈥檚 southern accent, called her Honey Chile and You-All, and outdid himself telling stories and jokes.

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鈥淒id you-all get rid of Jermaine鈥檚 bed?鈥

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Robinson replied, 鈥淵ou-all the ones that made me a killer.鈥

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