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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Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
There are a thousand more reasons to say yes to yourself than there are to say no.
—Dontaira Terrell, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
The co-heads of Apple’s streamer were the first two executives to say yes to Breaking Bad 20-plus years ago, and now the former presidents of Sony Pictures Television were saying yes to at least two seasons of Gilligan’s biggest swing yet.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
At almost half off, this one’s just easy to say yes to.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
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Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
There are a thousand more reasons to say yes to yourself than there are to say no.
—Dontaira Terrell, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
The co-heads of Apple’s streamer were the first two executives to say yes to Breaking Bad 20-plus years ago, and now the former presidents of Sony Pictures Television were saying yes to at least two seasons of Gilligan’s biggest swing yet.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
At almost half off, this one’s just easy to say yes to.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Say yes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/say%20yes. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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