you'd've

UK/ˈjuːdəv/US/ˈjudəv/unstressed/jʊdəv/unstressed/jədəv/

A form of you — The people spoken, or written to, as an object.

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Meanings

contraction
  1. abbreviationcontractioninformalContraction of you + would + have.

    If you had been there, you'd've laughed your head off.

    1 more example

    Catrin: [If] You’d’ve got that five seconds faster, it might actually’ve been funny.

    2010, Gary Owen, Love Steals Us from Loneliness, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 15
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APA

you'd've. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you'd've

MLA

“you'd've.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you'd've. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “you'd've,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you'd've.

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