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to yield up
01
to surrender, typically under pressure or force applied by external factors
Dialect
British
British
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
up
Base verb
yield
Present tense
yield up
3rd person singular
yields up
Present participle
yielding up
Past simple
yielded up
Past participle
yielded up
Examples
Facing public backlash, the corporation had to yield up on the controversial product launch.
02
to reveal something that is hidden or kept as a secret
Examples
The long-lost manuscript yielded up a literary masterpiece after careful restoration.
