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verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

yield up

yield up · yields up · yielded up · yielding up

To give something against one's willTo give something against one's will.

Meaning

2 senses

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

More definitions

surrender, as a result of pressure or force

Forms

yields up, yielding up, yielded up, yielded up

Base form	yield up · to yield up
3rd person singular	yields up
Present participle	yielding up
Past simple	yielded up
Past participle	yielded up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	yield up
he, she, it	yields up

Past simpleLesson

all persons

yielded up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have yielded up
he, she, it	has yielded up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will yield up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

yetA1 yeti yieldB2 yikes yin yippee

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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