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• (all) to yourself — (all) to yourˈself/yourˈselves idiom for only you to have, use, etc • I m going to be away next week so you ll have the office to yourself. Main entry: ↑yourselfidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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• fall all over yourself to do something — fall all over (yourself) (to (do something)) to put too much energy into something in order to get attention or approval. Janice fell all over herself trying to impress my parents. Usage notes: usually used in a negative way, as in the example… …   New idioms dictionary

• fall all over yourself to — fall all over (yourself) (to (do something)) to put too much energy into something in order to get attention or approval. Janice fell all over herself trying to impress my parents. Usage notes: usually used in a negative way, as in the example… …   New idioms dictionary

• fall all over (yourself) — (to (do something)) to put too much energy into something in order to get attention or approval. Janice fell all over herself trying to impress my parents. Usage notes: usually used in a negative way, as in the example Related vocabulary: bend… …   New idioms dictionary

• have (got) something all to yourself — phrase to have a place or time that you do not have to share with anyone else, so that you are free to do what you want in it I’ll have the house all to myself next week. Thesaurus: shared or divided and not shared or dividedsynonym Main entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

• fall all over yourself — fall (all) over yourself : to be very eager or too eager Fans were falling over themselves trying to meet the basketball star. Reviewers are falling all over themselves to praise her latest novel. • • • Main Entry: ↑fall …   Useful english dictionary

• have someone or something all to yourself — have (someone or something) (all) to yourself : to be in a situation in which you are not required to share someone or something with anyone else We have the entire evening to ourselves. [=we have no plans to do anything with anyone else this… …   Useful english dictionary

• yourself */*/*/ — UK [jə(r)ˈself] / US [jʊrˈself] / US [jɔrˈself] pronoun Word forms yourself : plural yourselves UK [jə(r)ˈselvz] / US [jʊrˈselvz] / US [jɔrˈselvz] Summary: Yourself and yourselves are reflexive pronouns, being the reflexive forms of you. They can …   English dictionary