All 3 Uses
yield
in
The Phantom of the Opera
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- Moncharmin's last phrase so dearly expressed the suspicion in which he now held his partner that it was bound to cause a stormy explanation, at the end of which it was agreed that Richard should yield to all Moncharmin's wishes, with the object of helping him to discover the miscreant who was victimizing them.†
Chpt 17yield = give in, give way, or give up
- I felt the nail ...I lifted a radiant face to M. de Chagny ...The black-headed nail yielded to my pressure ... And then ... And then we saw not a door opened in the wall, but a cellar-flap released in the floor.†
Chpt 24 *yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- "No, it is not yielding yet," he muttered.†
Chpt 19 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced
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(2)
(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)