laisser passer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.
Senses
laisser passer is used for these senses in English:
- check through (idiomatic) To permit someone to continue onward, e.g. through a security checkpoint, after verifying their identity, tickets, etc.
- miss out (intransitive, or, transitive with 'on') To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed.
- yield (intransitive) To give way under force; to succumb to a force.
yield — full definition
- verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.
- verb To give way, surrender, or allow someone else to go first.
- noun The amount of something produced, especially a crop or a financial return.