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give way

Definitions

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  • verb To yield to persistent persuasion.
  • verb To collapse or break under physical stresses.
  • verb To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by.
  • verb To give precedence to other road users.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb move in order to make room for someone for something
  • verb end resistance, as under pressure or force
  • verb stop operating or functioning
  • verb break down, literally or metaphorically

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synonyms (164)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abandon hope
  2. accommodate
  3. adjust
  4. aye
  5. back down
  6. beat down
  7. become suicidal
  8. bend
  9. break
  10. break off combat
  11. break open
  12. break up
  13. burst
  14. carry away
  15. catch a crab
  16. cave
  17. cave in
  18. cease resistance
  19. cheapen
  20. collapse
  21. come apart
  22. come off
  23. come undone
  24. come unstuck
  25. compose
  26. compound
  27. compromise
  28. conk out
  29. cop out
  30. crack
  31. crack up
  32. crumble
  33. cut
  34. cut a crab
  35. cut prices
  36. decline
  37. deflate
  38. depreciate
  39. despair
  40. despair of
  41. despond
  42. devaluate
  43. disintegrate
  44. dive
  45. droop
  46. drop
  47. duck responsibility
  48. evade responsibility
  49. fade
  50. fail
  51. faint
  52. fall
  53. fall in price
  54. fall off
  55. fall to pieces
  56. falter
  57. feather
  58. feather an oar
  59. fissure
  60. fizzle out
  61. flag
  62. flop
  63. flop down
  64. flump
  65. flump down
  66. fly apart
  67. founder
  68. fracture
  69. get loose
  70. give
  71. give and take
  72. give away
  73. give ground
  74. give in
  75. give out
  76. give up
  77. give up hope
  78. go down
  79. go downhill
  80. go fifty-fifty
  81. go soft
  82. go to pieces
  83. hit rock bottom
  84. hit the skids
  85. jew down
  86. languish
  87. lapse
  88. lose heart
  89. lose hope
  90. lower
  91. make a deal
  92. make an adjustment
  93. make concessions
  94. mark down
  95. meet halfway
  96. nose-dive
  97. pace
  98. paddle
  99. pare
  100. peel off
  101. peg out
  102. peter out
  103. pine
  104. play politics
  105. plop
  106. plop down
  107. plumb the depths
  108. plummet
  109. plump
  110. plunge
  111. ply the oar
  112. poop out
  113. pull
  114. punt
  115. quit the field
  116. reach a compromise
  117. reach the depths
  118. reduce
  119. relax
  120. relent
  121. row
  122. row away
  123. row dry
  124. rupture
  125. sag
  126. scull
  127. set
  128. settle
  129. settle down
  130. shave
  131. ship oars
  132. shoot
  133. sink
  134. sink down
  135. sink into despair
  136. sky an oar
  137. slash
  138. slouch
  139. slump
  140. slump down
  141. snap
  142. split
  143. split the difference
  144. spring a leak
  145. spring apart
  146. start
  147. strike a balance
  148. strike a bargain
  149. submerge
  150. submit
  151. subside
  152. surrender
  153. swag
  154. take the mean
  155. touch bottom
  156. trim
  157. unbend
  158. unravel
  159. weaken
  160. wear away
  161. wear thin
  162. wilt
  163. yield
  164. yield to despair

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. change
  2. move

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  • frindley commented on the word give way

    As a road sign: see Yield.

    April 19, 2008