give way

(verb) move in order to make room for someone for something. Synonyms: move over, give way, give, ease up, yield. Examples: "The park gave way to a supermarket." "`move over,' he told the crowd."

(verb) break down, literally or metaphorically. Synonyms: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder. Examples: "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."

(verb) end resistance, as under pressure or force. Synonyms: give way, yield. Example: "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram."

(verb) stop operating or functioning. Synonyms: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down. Examples: "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."