you lot
You (plural).
You lot had better knock it off.
lot
UK /lɔt/ US /lɑt/
noun 5name 4verb 2
Collocations
4(noun.) whole amount
ADJ
whole
The whole lot of apples in the basket went bad before we could eat them.
(noun.) large amount
ADJ
awful
There's an awful lot of traffic on the highway this morning.
PHRASES
a hell of a lot
She spent a hell of a lot of time preparing for her driving test.
(noun.) empty ground
ADJ
empty, vacant
The city plans to build a new community center on that empty lot downtown.
Definitions
noun
1
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot
lots of people think so
2
A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
a lot of stationery
The Lord divided the land to the tribes, each according to his lot.
3
One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
4
A number of people taken collectively.
a sorry lot
a bad lot
5
A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
a building lot in a city
The defendants leased a house and lot, in the City of New-York
verb
1
To allot; to sort; to apportion.
Sometimes the contractor would lot the work out to some sub-contractor, and he, after the men had worked for a month, would run away, and we should never see the colour of his money.
2
To count or reckon (on or upon).
name
1
A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
2
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin; rare today.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
noun — any collection in its entirety
- bunch
- caboodle
noun — your overall circumstances or condition in life (including e
verb — administer or bestow, as in small portions
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
it takes a lot of living to make a house a home
Synonym of it takes a heap of living to make a house a home.
that's your lot
That is the end; there is no more; that's it; that's all
Hendrix is hilarious, as ever, explaining new song Izabella is “about a cat, blah blah, woof woof …” It’s a real shame they wouldn’t keep this lineup together. Hendrix repeatedly c
tick a lot of boxes
Synonym of tick all the boxes.
"It ticks a lot of boxes," he said, noting the Rochdale plan had a not primarily abstractive (NPA) score of 0.34, passing the ORR threshold of 0.3.
Example Bank
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win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot
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lots of people think so
Wiktionary03
He wrote to her […] he might be detained in London by a lot of business.
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Sometimes the contractor would lot the work out to some sub-contractor, and he, after the men had worked for a month, would run away, and we should never see the colour of his money.
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And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan
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I hate it when there are a lot of people.
Tatoeba · #1394Usage Notes
i Register
In some senses, lot is marked as informal, dated, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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