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give way

verb as in budge

verb as in crack

verb as in crumple

verb as in cry uncle

verb as in snap

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Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?

Therefore, the majority view in Oklahoma must give way to individual constitutional rights.

With 2014 as a congressional election year, the acrid scrums of 2013 will give way to the combat of the campaign.

Can the market and the state co-exist or will the former have to give way to the politically-backed power of the second?

That wave started to give way in the early 1960s, in large part due to the publication of The Genesis Flood.

As each company front formed the knees of the rank and file seemed to give way.

Suppose for one instant that the bamboo should give way under the boy's feet or failed to hold in the tree-top!

It is plain that on the very first instant of there being a pressure upon the "fixed duty," it must give way, and for ever.

Religion, loyalty, everything would give way if only you cared.

As this is the highest form of the agreement, all verbal stipulations to the contrary must give way.

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On this page you'll find 997 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to give way, such as: bend, change, convince, inch, influence, and locomote.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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