/ əs; NAmE ; strong form ʌs/ pronoun (the object form of we )
1.
used when the speaker or writer and another or others are the object of a verb or preposition, or after the verb be :
She gave us a picture as a wedding present.
We'll take the dog with us.
Hello, it's us back again.
2.
( BrE , informal ) me :
Give us the newspaper, will you?
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English ūs , accusative and dative of we , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ons and German uns .