yield to sth
— phrasal verb with yield uk/jiːld/us/jiːld/verb
(AGREE)
to agree to do something that you do not want to do or should not do:
It's very easy to yield to temptation and spend too much money.
"We will not yield to pressure," said the president.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
- acquiesce
- acquiescent
- bend to sth
- capitulate
- cave in
- come to heel idiom
- compromise
- condescend
- defer
- meet
- meet sb halfway idiom
- not take sth lying down idiom
- philosophical
- relent
- resign
- resort
- sell
- surrender
- swallow
- trade
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