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yield up

yield up verb: to give something against one's will.

Verb

yield up (third-person singular simple present yields up, present participle yielding up, simple past and past participle yielded up)

  1. To give something against one's will.
    • The soldiers obliged us to yield up all our money.
  2. To disclose something hidden.
    • Finally, after many years of investigation, the pyramid has yielded up its most recondite secrets.

Forms of yield up

third-person singular presentyields up
present participleyielding up
past participleyielded up
pastyielded up

Words formed from yield up

Questions about yield up

What does yield up mean?
Yield up means to give something against one's will.
What part of speech is yield up?
Yield up is a verb.
What is the past tense of yield up?
The past tense of yield up is yielded up.

Words near yield up in the dictionary

  1. yield stress
  2. yield stresses
  3. yield the field
  4. yield the ghost
  5. yield to maturity
  6. yield up
  7. yield up the ghost
  8. yield value
  9. yield values
  10. yieldable
  11. yieldance

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