give way

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Definition
  1. Verb (Intransitive):
    • To stop functioning or collapse: To cease operating correctly, often due to failure, pressure, or force. This can apply to mechanical objects, physical structures, or abstract systems.
    • To yield or surrender: To stop resisting pressure, force, or an opposing demand.
    • To move aside or be replaced: To make space for someone or something else, or to be succeeded by something different.
Usage Examples
  • Referring to mechanical/structural failure:
    • The old wooden bridge gave way under the weight of the truck.
    • After years of use, the clutch in the car finally gave way.
  • Referring to yielding or ceasing resistance:
    • After a long negotiation, the company gave way to the union's demands.
    • The dam gave way after days of heavy rainfall.
  • Referring to moving aside or being replaced:
    • The narrow path gave way to a wide, open field.
    • Please give way to allow the ambulance to pass.
Advanced Usage
  • "to give way to [emotion/feeling]": To allow oneself to be overcome by a particular emotion.
    • He finally gave way to despair after hearing the news.
  • In traffic contexts: Used as an instruction meaning to yield right of way to another vehicle or pedestrian.
    • At a roundabout, you must give way to traffic from your right.
Variants and Related Words
  • Yield (verb): Often used synonymously, especially in contexts of surrendering, producing, or allowing other traffic to go first.
  • Collapse (verb): To fall down or give way suddenly.
  • Succumb (verb): To fail to resist pressure, temptation, or a negative force.
  • Cede (verb): To give up power or territory formally.
Synonyms
  • Fail
  • Break down
  • Buckled
  • Submit
  • Retreat
  • Make room
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Give in: To cease fighting or arguing; to surrender. (Often used interchangeably with "give way" in the context of yielding, but "give in" is more commonly used for arguments or persuasion).
    • The government refused to give in to the terrorists' demands.
  • Give up: To stop trying; to surrender or relinquish.
    • Don't give up on your dreams.
Related Idioms
  • Give way to temptation: To stop resisting a desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise.
    • He gave way to temptation and ate the entire cake.
  • Give the right of way: To have the legal right to proceed first in traffic.
    • Pedestrians have the right of way at this crossing.
Verb
  1. 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
  2. end resistance, as under pressure or force
    • The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram
  3. 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
  4. 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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