give way English

Meaning give way meaning

What does give way mean?

give way

— verb (= move over, give) move in order to make room for someone for something The park gave way to a supermarket 'Move over,' he told the crowd

— verb (= yield) end resistance, as under pressure or force The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram

— verb (= collapse, give, break) 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

— verb (= fail, die, go, break, break down) 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

Synonyms give way synonyms

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give way English » English

yield

give up

concede

collapse

cede

break

give in

grant

give

relinquish

assign

accommodate

sag

fail

cave in

succumb

submit

go

fall in

break down

bend

back down

surrender

snap

resign

quit

open the way

move over

move aside

make way

go bad

give out

founder

ease up

die

crack

conk out

walk back

two-time

step back

step aside

stand aside

spring

short

shelve

sell out

sell

retrogress

renounce

regress