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1. Move in order to make room for someone or something
   "The park gave way to a supermarket";
   - move over, give, ease up, yield
    
2. Break down, literally or metaphorically
   "The wall gave way";
   - collapse, fall in, cave in, give, break, founder
    
3. End resistance, as under pressure or force
   "The door gave way to repeated blows with a battering ram";
   - yield
    
4. Stop operating or functioning
   "The engine gave way on the way to town";
   - fail, go bad, die, give out, conk out [informal], go, break, break down, pack up [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: giving way, gave way, gives way, given way

Type of: change, move

Encyclopedia: Give way