give way

Meaning

  1. To yield to persistent persuasion.
  2. To collapse or break under physical stresses.
  3. To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by.
  4. To give precedence to other road users.
  5. To allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a question whilst one is delivering a speech.
  6. To allow the expression of (a pent-up emotion, grief, etc.).
  7. (imperative) To begin rowing.

Synonyms

yield
C1
give up
concede
C2
collapse
C1
cede
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break
A1
give in
give
A1
grant
B1
accommodate
C2
assign
C2
relinquish
23k
sag
28k
cave in
fail
B1
back down
bend
B2
succumb
21k
fall in
submit
C1
go
A1
break down
conk out
founder
C1
crack
B1

open the way

surrender
B2
snap
B2
resign
C1
ease up
move over
quit
A2
die
A1
💀
go bad
make way

move aside

give out
delay
B2
defer
25k
deceive
C1
crumble
C2
betray
B2
cozen
get away
bent
C1
avoid
B1
fractured
C2
clear
A1
forsake
C2
forgo
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Translations

nachgeben
céder
cedere
weichen
ceder
cedir
abandonner
abtreten
wijken
überlassen
abdicar
afstaan
alhear
toegeven
abdiquer

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