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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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On Sunday, the rain will give way to partly cloudy skies, with temperatures in L.A. warming up to the low 60s.

After the 6th Street Viaduct was triumphantly unveiled, its hype quickly gave way to unruly street takeovers and copper thieves wire-stripping its lighting.

My greatest fear is that this age of economic warfare could eventually give way to an age of actual wars.

From Salon

The initial pride felt by most Argentines after the announcement that a fellow countryman would be the first Latin American pope gave way to disenchantment among some over the years.

From BBC

The prickly comedy of male-pattern personality collapse gives way to wisdom, something that “Sacramento” has in abundance.

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

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