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each other's

each other's pronoun: the possessive form of each other.

Pronoun

each other's

  1. (possessive) The possessive form of each other.
    • The students critiqued each other's proposals.
    • And I cannot guess what we’ll discover
      when we turn the dirt with our arms cupped like shovels;
      but I know our filthy hands will wash each other's
      and not one speck will remain.2005 August 30, Death Cab for Cutie, “Soul Meets Body”, in Plans

Forms of each other's

alternative form (obsolete)each others

Origin of each other's

From each other + -'s.

Questions about each other's

What does each other's mean?
Each other's means the possessive form of each other.
What part of speech is each other's?
Each other's is a pronoun.

Words near each other's in the dictionary

  1. eaceworm
  2. eaceworms
  3. each
  4. each and every
  5. each other
  6. each other's
  7. each to his own
  8. each to their own
  9. each way
  10. each-way
  11. eacha

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