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both of yours

both of yours pronoun: that which belongs to both of you; the possessive second-person pronoun used without a following noun.

Pronoun

both of yours

  1. (colloquial) That which belongs to both of you; the possessive second-person pronoun used without a following noun.
    • That means that the retirement plan you earned during the marriage, or at least the portion of it that was earned during the marriage, is both of yours.2014, Zachary Smith, Esq., We're Getting Divorced: An Insider's Guide Through the Divorce Process
    • While the child is both of yours, the birth is yours and yours alone.2016, Jennifer Evans, Ciara Meehan, Perceptions of Pregnancy from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century

Origin of both of yours

from both of you and yours.

Questions about both of yours

What does both of yours mean?
Both of yours means that which belongs to both of you; the possessive second-person pronoun used without a following noun.
What part of speech is both of yours?
Both of yours is a pronoun.

Words near both of yours in the dictionary

  1. botfly
  2. both
  3. both barrels
  4. both of ours
  5. both of theirs
  6. both of yours
  7. Both respirator
  8. Both respirators
  9. both siderism
  10. both sidesism
  11. both-and

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