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View definitions for give way

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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Research in biomedical laboratories has been changing significantly in recent years, to the point that test tubes have given way to computers on many occasions.

But, in the words of Lisa Vanderpump, the proprietor of SUR, “in the restaurant business, one shift always gives way to another.”

Another one gave way in rural Yancey County last week, sending a geyser dozens of feet into the air.

From Salon

"Do we want to preserve our current coasts, flexibly adapt to change, or give way completely to the rising sea? This is how we use the power of design and imagination!"

Jonny, two years younger than Alistair, was leading the race when his legs started to give way in the Mexican heat.

From BBC

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

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