saying yes

Verb

say yes (third-person singular simple present says yes, present participle saying yes, simple past and past participle said yes)

1. (intransitive) To agree; to consent to; to accept.
   • They met on summer days, put their hands in their pockets and traded each other grasshoppers learning to say yes and no. One kick and a spit meant yes. Two kicks and a spit meant no. One two three, four five six of a kick and a spit meant the grasshopper was counting and learning numbers.1923, Carl Sandburg, chapter 11, in Rootabaga Pigeons

   Antonyms:

   say no