yours truly

yours truly
yours truly
1. a closing phrase at the end of a letter, just before the signature. •

Yours truly, Tom Jones.

Best wishes from yours truly, Bill Smith.

2. oneself; I; me. •

There's nobody here right now but yours truly.

Everyone else got up and left the table leaving yours truly to pay the bill.

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{adv. phr.} 1. Signing off at the end of letters. * /Yours truly, Tom Smith./ 2. I, the first person singular pronoun, frequently abbreviated as t.y. * /As t.y. has often pointed out.../ * /T.y. is not really interested in the offer./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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