yours truly

Related to yours truly: Yours sincerely

yours truly

1. A phrase used as a complimentary close to a letter, similar to "sincerely." Yours truly, Jane
2. Me; I; myself. My boss claims credit for all these projects, but do you know who did all the work? Yours truly! Everybody is jumping on their bandwagon, but you can count out yours truly, because I'm loyal to my team.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

yours truly

 
1. a closing phrase at the end of a letter, just before the signature. Yours truly, Tom Jones. Best wishes from yours truly, Bill Smith.
2. oneself; I; me. There's nobody here right now but yours truly. Everyone else got up and left the table leaving yours truly to pay the bill.
See also: truly
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

yours truly

1. A closing formula for a letter, as in It was signed "Yours truly, Mary Smith." [Late 1700s]
2. I, me, myself, as in Jane sends her love, as does yours truly. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]
See also: truly
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

yours ˈtruly


1 (informal, often humorous) I/me: Steve came first, Robin second, and yours truly came last. And of course, all the sandwiches will be made by yours truly.
2 (Yours Truly) (American English, formal, written) used at the end of a formal letter before you sign your name
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

yours truly

n. me, the speaker or writer. If it was up to yours truly, there wouldn’t be any such problem.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

yours truly

I, myself, or me: "Let me talk about a typical day in the life of yours truly" (Robert A. Spivey).
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

yours truly

I, me, myself. This phrase has been used as a closing formula for letters since the late eighteenth century. By the mid-nineteenth century it was also being used as a synonym for “I,” as in George A. Sala’s The Baddington Peerage (1860): “The verdict will be ‘Guilty, my Lord,’ against yours truly.”
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

yours truly

I. For whatever reason of modesty (or false modesty) that prevented speakers or writers from using the first-person singular pronoun “I,” the “yours truly” convention was established. It came from the standard letter closing. It sounded mannered when it was first used in the 19th century and even more so now. Other equally stilted circumlocutions for “I” or “me” used in writing are “your reporter” (still found in alumni class notes) and “your correspondent.”
See also: truly
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
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