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GIVE WAY

Definition:

1. [verb] move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
   Synonyms: move over, give, ease up, yield
   
   
2. [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"
   Synonyms: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, break, founder
   
   
3. [verb] end resistance, especially under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
   Synonyms: yield
   
   
4. [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 coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
   Synonyms: fail, go bad, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
   
   

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• implode, go off
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• crash, go down
• blow out, burn out, blow
• misfire
• malfunction, misfunction

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