The chairman's concession on procedure was tactical, not principled. He yielded the point now, his allies understood, in order to preserve his leverage for the larger fights to come.
As used in the text, what does the word "yielded" most nearly mean?
- A
moaned audibly
- B
made way for traffic
- C
produced as crops
- Dcheck_circle
gave way on
Explanation
He gave way on the procedural point as a tactic; "yielded" means gave way on, not the agricultural, traffic, or sound-related senses.