Synonyms for gives way
gives way

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1. open the floodgates

   referring to one thing which allows another thing to happen.

   an open wound opens the floodgates for sepsis.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 17, 2021  

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1. Laura Jaworski:

   Softly, green gives way to gold The summer warmth gives way to cold And autumn winds begin to blow Across the changing earth.

2. Jeff Davidson:

   Every single day on earth, as it’s been for millions of years, the sun slowly rises in the east, night gives way to dawn, dawn gives way to morning, the sun bursts above the horizon a little bit at a time and then all of a sudden in full bloom. The sky becomes lighter and clearer, the earth becomes radiated with light, and another day has begun.

3. Heraclitus:

   Everything flows and nothing abides, everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.

4. Brian Peery:

   It's now in the realm of possibility that we have a recession in 2016, especially some localized recessions in the Midwest states, at a certain point, the benefits of low oil to the consumer gives way to losses in the job market in the oil patch, especially in the Midwest.

5. Aesop:

   He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.