YES AND NO Definition & Meaning

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In some ways and not others, as in Did you enjoy yourself?—Yes and no, I liked the music itself but hated the conductor . This idiom, always a reply to a question, was first recorded in 1873.

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“I want to hire people who can tell me yes and no, what’s doable and what’s not, what’s impossible,” Carson Palmer said.

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In paranormal investigations ghosts are asked to move the rods to answer "yes" and "no" to questions.

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“Yes and no. Yes, because it accomplished little except to throw away the rest of my life. ... And, no, I’m not sorry I tried, because at the time it seemed a correct expression of my anger.”

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The answer over the decades has been yes and no, depending on the year.

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But as of this writing, it is still too close to call, with the yes and no votes virtually even.

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