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yourself

 
/jərˈself/ pronoun (plural yourselves /jərˈselvz/)

Definition

the person or people being spoken to; the reflexive form of you: Be careful with that knife or you’ll cut yourself. Yourself is sometimes used to emphasize the subject of the sentence: Did you girls actually raise this money yourselves? (all) by yourself If you do something (all) by yourself, you do it alone or without help from anyone: You’re old enough to take the bus by yourself, aren’t you, Joyce? (all) to yourself If you have something (all) to yourself, you have it for your use only: Now that Neil and Sam are away, you’ve got the whole house to yourself.
(Definition of yourself pronoun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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