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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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Still, he recognizes that his mannered Yankee conservatism has fully given way to the conspiratorial hooting of Sun Belt extremists.

From Salon

The president-elect was greeted with sustained applause and whistles, which later gave way to chants of "USA! USA!"

From BBC

But this compromise regularly gives way to moments bursting at the seams with beauty and tender resonance as they explore contemporary hopelessness and the shared delusion survivors adopt to bury their guilt.

From Salon

Some see it as the culmination of years of France refusing to face economic reality – governments of all colours having given way to calls for ever-growing public spending.

From BBC

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.

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

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