ourselves
/aʊɚˈsɛlvz/ pronoun A2- Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject. · We should keep this for ourselves.· Let's not beat ourselves up over this.
- Intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate or needs to be included. · We did it ourselves.
- Referring to everyone being addressed. · Come on everyone! Let's get ourselves up and out of bed, please.· Now then children, I'm not going to help you with the next problem. We should be able to work this one out ourselves.
- Referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care; also ourself. · Coordinate term: nurse's we· Hello Mrs Miggins. Did we manage to wash ourselves this morning?
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He can’t be much different from ourselves.”
“This is what comes of sending word instead of going ourselves.
“We should have come to you ourselves and not left an important message to be passed along by word of mouth in that fashion.
“I don’t fancy her style myself,” admitted Marilla, “but it’s that or keeping her ourselves, Matthew.
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