- give way
- v
- move in order to make room for someone for something; "The
park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
Synonym(s): move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
- 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"
Synonym(s): collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
- end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
Synonym(s): give way, yield
- 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"
Synonym(s): fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
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