Synonyms for give way

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1. move over, give way, give, ease up, yield(verb)

   move in order to make room for someone for something

   "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"

   Synonyms:
   hand, commit, chip in, dedicate, succumb, cave in, collapse, impart, flag, concede, pass on, move over, return, establish, knuckle under, fail, hold, reach, go bad, have, give in, make, give, throw, gift, kick in, conk out, feed, break, slacken off, break down, apply, relent, give out, grant, go, founder, devote, fall in, pass, render, buckle under, cede, soften, present, die, sacrifice, yield, open, turn over, leave, consecrate, generate, contribute, ease off, afford, let up, pay, ease up, bear

2. collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder(verb)

   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:
   crack, consecrate, break away, unwrap, devote, contribute, chip in, give out, split up, conk out, part, have, afford, collapse, hold, die, transgress, founder, weaken, crumple, bump, discover, snap off, turn over, go, demote, ease up, break out, separate, split, hand, gift, crack up, damp, smash, render, move over, feed, pay, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, reveal, divulge, pause, let on, open, get around, interrupt, wear out, grant, establish, break-dance, stop, check, break up, breach, develop, fall flat, give, return, apply, present, better, cave in, make, offend, go bad, impart, generate, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, give away, reach, recrudesce, tumble, break dance, go against, dampen, throw, fall in, soften, break in, let out, dedicate, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, burst, pass, break down, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, crumble, fall through, join, expose, break, crock up, discontinue, intermit, flop, leave, yield, get together, commit, sacrifice, wear, kick in, pass on

3. give way, yield(verb)

   end resistance, as under pressure or force

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

   Synonyms:
   go, conk out, ease up, grant, succumb, bear, cede, pay, give, soften, break down, cave in, afford, knuckle under, founder, render, concede, break, relent, move over, generate, return, die, buckle under, fall in, yield, fail, give in, give out, collapse, go bad

4. fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down(verb)

   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:
   peter out, function, crumble, give off, perish, break away, unwrap, hold out, run, endure, lead, give out, hand out, split up, conk out, operate, dampen, travel, collapse, last, go wrong, bomb, transgress, discontinue, founder, weaken, go away, crumple, bump, discover, demote, stop, go, take apart, move, damp, ease up, rifle, separate, decompose, miscarry, split, run low, die out, cash in one's chips, dissect, smash, pause, move over, spoil, pass out, pass away, get out, drop dead, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, reveal, divulge, part, betray, let on, blend in, run short, get around, get going, locomote, intermit, wear out, expire, lose it, check, break dance, break-dance, live, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, breach, blend, burst, give, plump, crack, ruin, run down, fit, erupt, emit, better, flush it, belong, tumble, offend, go bad, become flat, survive, crush, get, disclose, break off, snuff it, bust, flunk, become, give away, break up, analyse, live on, interrupt, break out, croak, run out, choke, poop out, pop off, pall, sound, fall in, soften, go against, let out, come apart, neglect, extend, start, depart, kick downstairs, distribute, decease, die, pass, proceed, break down, infract, exit, conk, fail, buy the farm, bankrupt, hold up, develop, expose, break, analyze, fall apart, break in, snap off, snap, yield, work, cave in, wear, recrudesce

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. give way

   Synonyms:
   withdraw, recede, retire, retreat, make room

2. give way

   Synonyms:
   fail, break, be broken

3. give way

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) row, bend to the oars

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. give way

   Synonyms:
   withdraw, retire, recede, yield, collapse

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How to use give way in a sentence?

1. Samuel Pepys:

   Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.

2. Adam Schiff:

   Ultimately though one thing is clear, because we have adduced so much evidence of guilt of this President, so much evidence of serious misconduct, any privilege the President would have would be vitiated by this crime fraud exception. So that will give way, and if it doesn't to quote my colleague Chairman (Jerry) Nadler, it will mean that either Justice Roberts or the Supreme Court itself is not really a conservative justice or court, merely a partisan one. And I have to hope that is not the case for the country's sake.

3. Gunter Reimann:

   The conception of property has experienced a fundamental change. The individualistic conception of the State - a result of the liberal spirit- must give way to the concept that communal welfare precedes individual welfare.

4. The Supreme Court:

   Privacy concerns give way.

5. Ibrahim Sharqieh Frehat:

   The problem with the Americans is that they deal with the problems with the same tools - bombings. Weakening AQAP will only give way to Daesh to be born.

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