give way

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
    

• end resistance, as under pressure or force
  • The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram
    

• 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
    

• move in order to make room for someone for something
  • The park gave way to a supermarket
    
  • `Move over,' he told the crowd
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fail , go bad , die , give out , conk out , go , break , break down , yield , collapse , fall in , cave in , give , founder , move over , ease up