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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def yesterday(date=None):
 """yesterday once more"""

    if not date:
        return _date - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
    else:
        current_date = parse(date)
        return current_date - datetime.timedelta(days=1)