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between you and I

between you and I is the alternative form of between you and me.

Meaning of between you and me

Prepositional phrase

  1. In confidence; used to impose an obligation to keep something being discussed secret.
    • Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy.

Origin of between you and I

Popularized by William Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice, see quotations.

Questions about between you and I

What is between you and I the alternative form of?
Between you and I is the alternative form of between you and me.

Words near between you and I in the dictionary

  1. between the sticks
  2. between time
  3. between times
  4. between two stools
  5. between wind and water
  6. between you and I
  7. between you and me
  8. between you and me and the bedpost
  9. between you and me and these four walls
  10. between you, me, and the bedpost
  11. between you, me, and the fencepost

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