say yes
idiom
: to say that one accepts or agrees to something
—often + to
They said yes to our plan.
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Ole Miss has been willing to say yes to just about anything Kiffin asks for in Oxford.
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Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
Send the bold text, or say yes to the date.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
Don’t rush to say yes just to be liked or chosen.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Nov. 2025
Ole Miss has been willing to say yes to just about anything Kiffin asks for in Oxford.
—Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for say yes
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“Say yes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/say%20yes. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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