yes to death
yes to death verb: to agree with someone, often sarcastically.
Verb
yes to death (third-person singular simple present yeses to death or yesses to death, present participle yessing to death, simple past and past participle yessed to death)
- To agree with someone, often sarcastically.
- I was yessed to death.
- There's a fruit-man on our street whose name is Mr. Pete
And he keeps good things to eat but you should hear him speak
When you ask him anything he never answers no
He just yesses you to death and then he takes your dough1949, Louis Prima, “Yes! We Have No Bananas”, in Beepin' & Boppin
Forms of yes to death
| third-person singular present | yeses to death |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | yesses to death |
| present participle | yessing to death |
| past participle | yessed to death |
| past | yessed to death |
Questions about yes to death
- What does yes to death mean?
- Yes to death means to agree with someone, often sarcastically.
- What part of speech is yes to death?
- Yes to death is a verb.
- What is the past tense of yes to death?
- The past tense of yes to death is yessed to death.
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