give way

verbs

move in order to make room for someone for something

"The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"

ease up, give, give way, move over, yield

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"

break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way

end resistance, as under pressure or force

"The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

give way, yield

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"

break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad