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Give way Common

Give way has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

move in order to make room for someone for something

"The park gave way to a supermarket"

"`Move over,' he told the crowd"

2

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"

3

end resistance, as under pressure or force

"The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

4

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"

5

To yield to persistent persuasion.

Example Sentences
"The park gave way to a supermarket" verb
"`Move over,' he told the crowd" verb
"The wall collapsed" verb
"The business collapsed" verb
"The dam broke" verb
"The roof collapsed" verb
"The wall gave in" verb
"The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" verb
"The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" verb
"The engine finally went" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
move change
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
implode buckle flop break slump crash blow out misfire malfunction
Rhyming Words
way away sway tway byway beway howay noway alway ioway myway amway elway on way ordway dugway forway iceway rahway subway
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