give way
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(verb) end resistance, esp. under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram." |
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Synonyms: yield |
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Related Words: change |
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(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 coffe maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town" |
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Synonyms: break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, go |
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Related Words: blow, blow out, burn out, change, crash, go down, malfunction, misfire, misfunction |
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(verb) move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" |
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Synonyms: ease up, give, move over, yield |
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Related Words: move |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give |
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Related Words: break, buckle, change, crumple, flop, go off, implode, sink, slide down, slump |
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