give way
Retreat or withdraw, as in The army gave way before the enemy. [Early 1500s]
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How to use give way in a sentence
Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
26 Earthquakes Later, Fracking’s Smoking Gun Is in Texas | James Joiner | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTTherefore, the majority view in Oklahoma must give way to individual constitutional rights.
The Heroic Lesbian Couple of Oklahoma Who Fought for Equal Marriage—and Won | Randy R. Potts | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith 2014 as a congressional election year, the acrid scrums of 2013 will give way to the combat of the campaign.
Want Hope in 2014? Forget Politics, Focus on Energy and Medicine | Lloyd Green | December 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCan the market and the state co-exist or will the former have to give way to the politically-backed power of the second?
That wave started to give way in the early 1960s, in large part due to the publication of The Genesis Flood.
When Creationists Collide with Stephen Colbert | Michael Schulson | December 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
As each company front formed the knees of the rank and file seemed to give way.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonSuppose for one instant that the bamboo should give way under the boy's feet or failed to hold in the tree-top!
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeIt is plain that on the very first instant of there being a pressure upon the "fixed duty," it must give way, and for ever.
Religion, loyalty, everything would give way if only you cared.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinAs this is the highest form of the agreement, all verbal stipulations to the contrary must give way.
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