phrasal verb

Give way

Letter GInseparable

2Sections

Stop to allow vehicles to pass

Meanings

  • Stop to allow vehicles to pass (intransitive, British English)
  • Collapse, break (intransitive, International English)

Examples

  • You must GIVE WAY at this junction.
  • The dam GAVE WAY when the floods rose.

Related

give + …Same base verb… + waySame particle

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