yield up

• Verbe à particule littéraire ou archaïque signifiant céder, abandonner ou livrer quelque chose, souvent sous la pression ou après résistance.

An archaic or literary phrasal verb meaning to surrender, give up, or relinquish something, often under pressure or after resistance.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Surrender or give upformal

   To give up possession or control of something, often under pressure or force.

   céder, abandonner

   • The army was forced to yield up the fortress to the enemy.
   • He refused to yield up his position despite the threats.
   • The company yielded up its assets to the creditors.

   Synonymesabandoncapitulatecedeforfeitgive uphand overrelinquishresignsubmitsurrender

   Antonymeskeepretainwithhold

2. Reveal or discloseformal

   To produce or reveal something that was hidden or secret.

   Révéler ou divulguer

   • The investigation yielded up new evidence about the crime.
   • The old diary yielded up its secrets after many years.
   • The soil yielded up a rich harvest of vegetables.

   Synonymesdisclosedivulgeexposerevealuncoverunearth

   Antonymesconcealhidesuppresswithhold

Verbe de baseyield