give way

move in order to make room for someone for something

• “The park gave way to a supermarket”
• “Move over,”

break down, literally or metaphorically

• “The wall collapsed”
• “The business collapsed”
• “The dam broke”
• “The roof collapsed”
• “The wall gave in”
• “The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice”

end resistance, especially under pressure or force

• “The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram”

stop operating or functioning

• “The engine finally went”
• “The car died on the road”
• “The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town”
• “The coffee maker broke”
• “The engine failed on the way to town”
• “her eyesight went after the accident”