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we'll 'it

we'll 'it verb: an abbreviation made up of the contraction of we and will followed by a shortening of an English term with placeholder "it", generally using a verb in the third-person singular simple present.

Verb

we'll 'it

  1. An abbreviation made up of the contraction of we and will followed by a shortening of an English term with placeholder "it", generally using a verb in the third-person singular simple present.
    • "As soon as it gets light we'll write out a true account of it and sign it, all of us. And we'll make for the nearest port." [...] "If we stand north we'll about 'it it off; or any ways, we'll 'it on the track of steamers makin' for it, and we might get the lend of a hofficer to take us in."2023, Morley Roberts, The Promotion of the Admiral, and Other Sea Comedies, page 129

Questions about we'll 'it

What does we'll 'it mean?
We'll 'it means an abbreviation made up of the contraction of we and will followed by a shortening of an English term with placeholder "it", generally using a verb in the third-person singular simple present.
What part of speech is we'll 'it?
We'll 'it is a verb.

Words near we'll 'it in the dictionary

  1. we'd
  2. we'd've
  3. we'ins
  4. we'l
  5. we'll
  6. we'll 'it
  7. we'll've
  8. we're
  9. we'ren't
  10. we's
  11. we'se

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