yield something to someone

yield something to someone
yield something to someone
1. to give the right-of-way to someone. •

You must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians.

You failed to yield the right-of-way to the oncoming car.

2. to give up something to someone. •

The army yielded the territory to the invading army.

We yielded the territory to the government.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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