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yes to death en · VERB
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(idiomatic, transitive) To agree with someone, often sarcastically.
I was yessed to death.
There's a fruit-man on our street whose name is Mr. Pete
And he keeps good things to eat but you should hear him speak
When you ask him anything he never answers no
He just yesses you to death and then he takes your dough
1949, Louis Prima, “Yes! We Have No Bananas”, in Beepin' & Boppin:
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