yield up

English

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.

   The soldiers obliged us to yield up all our money.

2. To disclose something hidden.

   Finally, after many years of investigation, the pyramid has yielded up its most recondite secrets.

Anagrams

• upyield