give-way

Verbs

  • (v) move in order to make room for someone for something
    • The park gave way to a supermarket
    • "Move over," he told the crowd
    ease up, move over, yield, give,
  • (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
    cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, break,
  • (v) end resistance, as under pressure or force
    • The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram
    yield,
  • (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
    conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, break, go,

Synonyms

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

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