Shut up, the lot of you!them1 pronounthem2 determiner
themthem1 /ðəm; strong ðem/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun [object form of ‘they’] 
WORD ORIGINthem1
Origin:
1100-1200 Old Norse theimEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Careful with those dishes. Don't break them.
- If anyone calls, tell them I'll be back around 5.
- They looked a little tired when I saw them last week.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=all of you, them, or us) Shut up, the lot of you!
Shut up, the lot of you!· When a friend upsets you, do you tell them?
· When friends upset you, do you tell them?
(=not trust someone at all)
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► fuck you/it/them etc► God help him/them etc► somebody’s memory is playing tricks on them► a penny for your thoughts/a penny for them► rather you/him/her/them than me► seen one ... seen them all► I’ll show him/them etc► trust you/him/them etc (to do something)!► you can’t win them all
1used to refer to two or more people or things that have already been mentioned or are already known about: - But nobody bothered them when they returned to the white salon.
- But she always hurried on, not to bother them, not to get in their way.
- Cold, as a rule, doesn't bother them but they will not tolerate prolonged wetness, particularly during the winter.
- Each situation is then rated on a five point scale according to whether it just bothers them a little or makes them really angry.
- Help the girls you love learn to deal with the emotions that frighten or bother them.
- If not, he added, why bother it?
- The fact that outsiders find them contradictory and paradoxical does not bother them a bit.
- The goats grew nice and fat, and the troll never bothered them again.
- And if Callie confuses them, Mona confounds them.
- Hell and the devil confound it, this was his home!
- Placed there to confront and confound him.
- She summons Deronda and pours out her desire to be what he wants, her inarticulate misery confounding him.
- Use their expectations and then confound them.
- All I say is: good luck to him.
- And all good luck to him.
- Big women can be as fit as anyone else and if so, good luck to them.
- If they start talking high teens, good luck to them.
- In which case, good luck to them both.
- He would not rush the boy, he had to let him come to him.
- I also owed Maggie the courtesy of letting her know I didn't need her to do my legwork any longer.
- I had once made the mistake of letting him do this.
- I stood there, thinking to myself, Okay just let him wear himself out.
- Of course, Kate could have shrugged and let him stew in his own juice, or lack of it.
- Then let her do it for the Junior League.
- Emergency care would be covered for everyone who needs it, as required by law now.
- If make-up is not wearable, who needs it?
- Men, she thought; who needs them?
- Underwood and Carling's tissue types will be stored on computer until they can be matched up with somebody who needs them.
- A pail of ice-cold water over the pair of them would have been the best idea.
- He wades in among the pair of them, grabs their studded leather collars and starts yanking them away.
- I know you were kicking up a dust last night, the pair of you.
- I remember when I found out Mandy was sleeping with that geek Kevin, I felt like throttling the pair of them.
- See you, you've made me right angry, the pair of you!
- The last time I had filled the pair of them was exactly two weeks ago, when the students left.
- There were milk and buns laid out inside for the pair of them.
- They lay in each other's arms, as if what they had done together had broken the pair of them.
- And if you haven't heard of Gus then shame on you!
- Fool me once, shame on you, the saying goes.
- If you fail to negotiate, shame on you.
Has anyone seen my keys? I can’t find them anywhere. The police were very helpful when I spoke to them. I lent him several books, but he hasn’t read any of them.2used when talking about someone who may be male or female, to avoid saying ‘him or her’: If anyone phones, tell them I’ll be back later.them1 pronounthem2 determiner
themthem2 /ðem/ determiner spoken EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I couldn't understand all them big words.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=all of you, them, or us) Shut up, the lot of you!
Shut up, the lot of you!· When a friend upsets you, do you tell them?
· When friends upset you, do you tell them?
(=not trust someone at all)
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► fuck you/it/them etc► God help him/them etc► somebody’s memory is playing tricks on them► a penny for your thoughts/a penny for them► rather you/him/her/them than me► seen one ... seen them all► I’ll show him/them etc► trust you/him/them etc (to do something)!► you can’t win them all
used to mean ‘those’. Many people think this use is incorrect: - But nobody bothered them when they returned to the white salon.
- But she always hurried on, not to bother them, not to get in their way.
- Cold, as a rule, doesn't bother them but they will not tolerate prolonged wetness, particularly during the winter.
- Each situation is then rated on a five point scale according to whether it just bothers them a little or makes them really angry.
- Help the girls you love learn to deal with the emotions that frighten or bother them.
- If not, he added, why bother it?
- The fact that outsiders find them contradictory and paradoxical does not bother them a bit.
- The goats grew nice and fat, and the troll never bothered them again.
- And if Callie confuses them, Mona confounds them.
- Hell and the devil confound it, this was his home!
- Placed there to confront and confound him.
- She summons Deronda and pours out her desire to be what he wants, her inarticulate misery confounding him.
- Use their expectations and then confound them.
- All I say is: good luck to him.
- And all good luck to him.
- Big women can be as fit as anyone else and if so, good luck to them.
- If they start talking high teens, good luck to them.
- In which case, good luck to them both.
- He would not rush the boy, he had to let him come to him.
- I also owed Maggie the courtesy of letting her know I didn't need her to do my legwork any longer.
- I had once made the mistake of letting him do this.
- I stood there, thinking to myself, Okay just let him wear himself out.
- Of course, Kate could have shrugged and let him stew in his own juice, or lack of it.
- Then let her do it for the Junior League.
- Emergency care would be covered for everyone who needs it, as required by law now.
- If make-up is not wearable, who needs it?
- Men, she thought; who needs them?
- Underwood and Carling's tissue types will be stored on computer until they can be matched up with somebody who needs them.
- A pail of ice-cold water over the pair of them would have been the best idea.
- He wades in among the pair of them, grabs their studded leather collars and starts yanking them away.
- I know you were kicking up a dust last night, the pair of you.
- I remember when I found out Mandy was sleeping with that geek Kevin, I felt like throttling the pair of them.
- See you, you've made me right angry, the pair of you!
- The last time I had filled the pair of them was exactly two weeks ago, when the students left.
- There were milk and buns laid out inside for the pair of them.
- They lay in each other's arms, as if what they had done together had broken the pair of them.
- And if you haven't heard of Gus then shame on you!
- Fool me once, shame on you, the saying goes.
- If you fail to negotiate, shame on you.
I couldn’t understand all them long words.