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give way to
Idioms and Phrases
see give way , def. 4 and 5.Example Sentences
This is an attraction, from the queue to its ending, of constant reveals — tunnels give way to gorgeous atriums, and each set piece aims to be larger, more lively than the last.
But all the signs suggest that before long, questions about Sir Keir Starmer's approach to Ukraine may give way to much more fundamental questions about Britain's place in a profoundly changed world.
As afternoon arrives, the school activities give way to the shouts and scuffles of football, basketball and volleyball.
On more than one occasion I saw a driver fail to give way to the right, cutting up another driver - but the other driver didn't seem angry, as if they couldn't be completely sure it had even been their right of way.
"As things started to become a grind and you lose that sense of getting big things done, it can give way to infighting and frustration," they admitted, adding that it was their sense that the circle around Biden became more insular as the pressure built.
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