give way

Questions about give way

What does give way mean?

give way means "move in order to make room for someone for something". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for give way?

Close synonyms include move over, give, ease up, yield, collapse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is give way a common word?

give way is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.