Consider the following sentence:
"He got a traffic ticket for failure to yield."
What does 'failure to yield' mean?
He failed to yield right of way. The other car might have been traveling down the street when he pulled out of his driveway in front of him. There is also a road sign, the yield sign, that means you stop if anyone is coming.
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He failed to yield right of way. The other car might have been traveling down the street when he pulled out of his driveway in front of him. There is also a road sign, the yield sign, that means you stop if anyone is coming.