Give-way Definition

verb

To yield to persistent persuasion.

The mother gave way to her crying child.
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To collapse or break under physical stresses.

After years of neglect, the rusty old bridge could give way at any time.
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To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by.

Winter gave way to spring.
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To give precedence to other road users.
At the crossing, cars must give way to pedestrians.
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Give-way Sentence Examples

  • Russell, however, refused to give way a hair's-breadth.

  • It was amended with the rule that bait fishers will give way to fly anglers.

  • Her knees were trembling as if they were going to give way at any moment, and her face felt devoid of blood.

  • Soon afterwards, however, his health began to give way permanently, and he died at Naples on the 12th of August 1901.

  • Thence proceeding eastwards to higher altitudes where coffee plantations give way to fields of wheat and barley, they reached the town of Jibla situated among a group of mountains exceeding 10,000 ft.

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