give way

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give way Definition

• (v) move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,'' he told the crowd"
• (v) break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
• (v) end resistance, especially under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
• (v) stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

give way Synonyms

• break
• break down
• cave in
• collapse
• conk out
• die
• ease up
• fail
• fall in
• founder
• give
• give out
• give way
• go
• go bad
• move over
• yield