'give way' definitions:
Definition of 'give way'
(from WordNet)
verb
Move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" [syn: move over, give way, give, ease up, yield]
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" [syn: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder]
verb
End resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" [syn: give way, yield]
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" [syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down]
Synonyms of 'give way'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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