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. To begin rowing.

Synonyms

yield

give up

concede

collapse

break

cede

give in

grant

give

relinquish

assign

accommodate

cave in

sag

fail

break down

submit

succumb

go

back down

bend

fall in

founder

resign

give out

snap

go bad

die

💀

surrender

ease up

conk out

make way

move aside

move over

crack

open the way

quit

leave

let down

let oneself go

open up

postpone

procrastinate

pull back

put off

recede

reel

regress

renounce

retrogress

sell

sell out

shelve

short

spring

stand aside

step aside

step back

give ground

two-time

walk back

double cross

get out of the way

go backward

hornswoggle

lose heart

lose interest

make concessions

make room

change the mind

clear the road

be demoralized

abandon

break dow

abdicate

adjourn

avoid

back off

back out

back up

beat

bent

betray

broken

capitulate

cheat

cheat on

clear

cozen

crumble

deceive

defer

delay

deposition

desert

🏜️

disintegrate

disturbed

drop

fall back

fall down

flinch

forgo

forsake

fractured

get away

go back on

go down

indulge

knuckle

knuckle under