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Give way

Give way Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Give way? [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" [v] end resistance, esp. under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram." [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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Give way: break \| break \| break down \| cave in \| collapse \| conk out \| die \| ease up \| fail \| fall in \| founder \| give \| give out \| go \| go bad \| move over \| yield \| yield Related Terms \| Find terms related to Give way: abandon hope \| accommodate \| adjust \| aye \| back down \| beat down \| become suicidal \| bend \| break \| break off combat \| break open \| break up \| burst \| carry away \| catch a crab \| cave \| cave in \| cease resistance \| cheapen \| collapse \| come apart \| come off \| come undone \| come unstuck \| compose \| compound \| compromise \| conk out \| cop out \| crack \| crack up \| crumble \| cut \| cut a crab \| cut prices \| decline \| deflate \| depreciate \| despair \| despair of \| despond \| devaluate \| disintegrate \| dive \| droop \| drop \| duck responsibility \| evade responsibility \| fade \| fail \| faint \| fall \| fall in price \| fall off \| fall to pieces \| falter \| feather \| feather an oar \| fissure \| fizzle out \| flag \| flop \| flop down \| flump \| flump down \| fly apart \| founder \| fracture \| get loose \| give \| give and take \| give away \| give ground \| give in \| give out \| give up \| give up hope \| go down \| go downhill \| go fifty-fifty \| go soft \| go to pieces \| hit rock bottom \| hit the skids \| jew down \| languish \| lapse \| lose heart \| lose hope \| lower \| make a deal \| make an adjustment \| make concessions \| mark down \| meet halfway \| nose-dive \| pace \| paddle \| pare \| peel off \| peg out \| peter out \| pine \| play politics \| plop \| plop down \| plumb the depths \| plummet \| plump \| plunge \| ply the oar \| poop out \| pull \| punt \| quit the field \| reach a compromise \| reach the depths \| reduce \| relax \| relent \| row \| row away \| row dry \| rupture \| sag \| scull \| set \| settle \| settle down \| shave \| ship oars \| shoot \| sink \| sink down \| sink into despair \| sky an oar \| slash \| slouch \| slump \| slump down \| snap \| split \| split the difference \| spring a leak \| spring apart \| start \| strike a balance \| strike a bargain \| submerge \| submit \| subside \| surrender \| swag \| take the mean \| touch bottom \| trim \| unbend \| unravel \| weaken \| wear away \| wear thin \| wilt \| yield \| yield to despair See Also \| blow \| blow out \| buckle \| burn out \| change \| change \| crash \| crumple \| flop \| go down \| go off \| implode \| malfunction \| misfire \| misfunction \| move \| sink \| slide down \| slump

Give way Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Give way?

[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"
[v] end resistance, esp. under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram."
[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"

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