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'em
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
'em
(pronoun)
em-
shoot–'em–up
(noun)
'em
/əm/
pronoun
'em
/əm/
pronoun
Britannica Dictionary definition of 'EM
informal
:
them
—
used to represent an informal pronunciation of “them”
He said, “Let
'em
think what they want.”
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