give way to

Definitions

To yield or concede to someone or something else, especially in terms of priority or right-of-way.

To be replaced or superseded by something else.

To collapse or break under pressure or weight.

Examples

Drivers must give way to pedestrians at the marked crossing.

The old wooden bridge will eventually give way to a modern steel structure.

Synonyms

yield to capitulate to concede to submit to surrender to bow to

Antonyms

resist withstand defy oppose stand firm against hold one's ground