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Verb give way has 4 senses
- move over, give way, give, ease up, yield - move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
--1 is one way to move
Sample sentence:
These cars won't give way
- collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder - 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"
--2 is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- give way, yield - end resistance, especially under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
--3 is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down - 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"
--4 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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