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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. A closing formula for a letter, as in It was signed "Yours truly, Mary Smith." [Late 1700s] 2. I, me, myself, as in Jane sends her love, as does yours truly. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]
American Heritage Idioms