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yield

(v): be the cause or source of
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3 months ago frindley said:

Aussies merge – have never seen squeeze. Glad you didn't have an accident!

3 months ago pterodactyl said:

Hey... do you folks in Australia have signs that say Merge Left or Squeeze Left? I'm used to seeing the former here in the US, and when I first saw the latter (in Canada), I laughed so hard I nearly drove off the road. For a road sign, it sounds remarkably... coquettish.

3 months ago bilby said:

*nods*
Most of what is in the uppity colonies is terribly mediæval.

3 months ago frindley said:

As a road sign: I first encountered this in the States and I was used to the Australian equivalent, Give Way. "Yield" seemed terribly mediæval to my ears.

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