EACH OTHER Definition & Meaning

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each other

pronoun

each the other; one another (used as a compound reciprocal pronoun).
to strike at each other; to hold each other's hands; to love each other.

each other

pronoun

used when the action, attribution, etc, is reciprocal
furious with each other

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Usage

Although some insist that each other be used only in reference to two ( The two candidates respected each other ) and one another in reference to three or more ( The three nations threaten one another ), in standard practice they are interchangeable. Each other is not restricted to two, nor is one another restricted to three or more. The possessive of each other is each other's; the possessive of one another is one another's.

Each other and one another are interchangeable in modern British usage

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of each other¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English. See each, other

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, one another. Each one the other, one the other, as in The boys like each other, or The birds were fighting one another over the crumbs. Both of these phrases indicate a reciprocal relationship or action between the subjects preceding (the boys, the birds). Formerly, many authorities held that each other should be confined to a relationship between two subjects only and one another used when there are more than two. Today most do not subscribe to this distinction, which was never strictly observed anyway. [Late 1300s] Also see at each other's throats.

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Example Sentences

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It featured the prince standing with his three children, their arms around each other, looking out to sea.

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They exchanged criticisms of each other in public, including Russell calling Verstappen a bully and Verstappen saying Russell was a backstabber.

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They also insulted each other after colliding in the sprint race at the 2023 Azerbajian Grand Prix.

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Instead they run downhill until they reach the level of Vitalii Hodniuk, Dmitry Kurashov, and all the other Russian and Ukrainian men killing each other in service of the war's obscure goals.

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“To show my face for those who can’t speak and to say we’re not all criminals, we’re all sticking together, we have each other’s backs,” she said.

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each and every one each way

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