"yield up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: yields up [present, singular, third-person], yielding up [participle, present], yielded up [participle, past], yielded up [past]
Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-yield_up-en-verb-25YK38Dy
  2. To disclose something hidden.
    Sense id: en-yield_up-en-verb-97NJlu6r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 18 82

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for yield up meaning in English (1.3kB)

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