we'll 'it
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[edit]Verb phrase
[edit]- 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.
- 2023, Morley Roberts, The Promotion of the Admiral, and Other Sea Comedies[1], page 129:
- "[...] '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. [...]'"