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yielding up

yielding up is the present participle and gerund of yield up.

Meaning of yield up

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.

Questions about yielding up

What is yielding up the present participle and gerund of?
Yielding up is the present participle and gerund of yield up.

Words near yielding up in the dictionary

  1. yielding
  2. yielding parries
  3. yielding parry
  4. yielding the field
  5. yielding the ghost
  6. yielding up
  7. yielding up the ghost
  8. yieldingly
  9. yieldingness
  10. yieldings
  11. yieldless

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