"All yours"

[Joel S. Berson]

The usually reliable OED says the phrase ("all", P19) dates from

1509   H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) xlvii. sig.
M.i,   Yf there is ony thynge that I can do for you I am all yours
bothe body & godes.

However, this is the speaker offering himself, rather than offering
something else (such as the platform).  (Viz. W. Brewer's various
senses.)  I don't explicitly find "the floor" offered in the OED's
quotations; perhaps one such example is needed.

Joel

At 11/7/2013 12:22 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>On Nov 7, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>
> > I was watching an ad for the latest Thor movie, and a female character says
> > "All yours", in the context of inviting another character to step forward
> > and do something.
> >
>
>Elliptical for "The floor is all yours"?
>LH
>
> > I was wondering how old that use of "All yours", as an invitation to
> > another to take centerstage, or otherwise do something, is.
> >
> > DanG
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