give-way
Verbs
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(v) move in order to make room for someone for something
- The park gave way to a supermarket
- "Move over," he told the crowd
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(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
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(v) end resistance, as under pressure or force
- The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram
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(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