English-French translations for give way

• abandonner
• céder
  Nous ne sommes plus prêts à céder. We are no longer prepared to give way.
  Ce débat ne doit pas céder le pas à la malhonnêteté. This debate must not give way to dishonesty.
  Les confondre revient à céder à la démagogie. To confuse them would be to give way to populist rhetoric.
• céder la place
  La violence militaire doit immédiatement céder la place et la priorité à une solution politique. Military violence must immediately give way and priority to a political solution.
• céder la place à
• céder le passage
• laisser la place à

Definition of give way

• To yield to persistent persuasion
• To collapse or break under physical stresses
• To be followed, succeeded, or replaced by
• To give precedence to other road users
• To allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a question whilst one is delivering a speech

Examples

• The mother gave way to her crying child.
• After years of neglect, the rusty old bridge could give way at any time.
• Winter gave way to spring.
• At the crossing, cars must give way to pedestrians.

Related words

• make way