cross swords vs yield

cross swords

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cross, sword., to place or hold two swords so they cross each other. 

  • For males, to urinate simultaneously such that the streams intersect. 

  • To fight with someone; to duel. 

  • To quarrel or argue with someone; to have a dispute with someone. 

yield

noun
  • Profit earned from an investment; return on investment. 

  • A product; the quantity of something produced. 

  • The explosive energy value of a bomb, especially a nuke, usually expressed in tons of TNT equivalent. 

  • The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond. 

verb
  • To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. 

  • To produce as a result. 

  • To give, or give forth, (anything). 

  • To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law. 

  • To produce as return, as from an investment. 

  • To give way; to succumb to a force. 

  • To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate. 

  • To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation. 

  • To admit to be true; to concede; to allow. 

  • To give way; to allow another to pass first. 

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