Usually means: Yield right of way; defer.
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  1. give way: Merriam-Webster
  2. give way: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. give way: Collins English Dictionary
  4. give way: Vocabulary.com
  5. give way: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. give way: Wiktionary
  7. give way: Dictionary.com
  8. Give way: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. give way: Rhymezone
  10. Give Way: Britih-American Dictionary
  11. give way: FreeDictionary.org
  12. give way: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. give way: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. give way: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
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  1. give way: Encyclopedia

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  1. give way: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (give way)

verb:  To yield to persistent persuasion.
verb:  To collapse or break under physical stresses.
verb:  To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by.
verb:  To give precedence to other road users.
verb:  To allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a question whilst one is delivering a speech.
verb:  To allow the expression of (a pent-up emotion, grief, etc.).
verb:  (chiefly imperative, as command to the crew) To begin rowing.

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