English-German translations for give way

• nachgeben
  Milosevic hat immer, wenn er nach außen nachgeben mußte, nach innen den Druck erhöht. Whenever Milosevic has had to give way outside the country, he has increased the pressure at home.
  Meiner Ansicht nach, hat die kanadische Regierung einen sehr unangemessenen Druck auf die EU ausgeübt, und wir sollten dem nicht nachgeben. In my view, the Canadian Government has very inappropriately put pressure on the EU, and we should not give way to it.
  Herr Präsident, selbstverständlich gibt es nicht wenige Menschen, die dann gern nachgeben wollen, die sagen, es sei eine wichtige Angelegenheit. Mr President, there are of course very many people who are then glad to give way, who say that it is an important matter.
• weichen
  Dann muß eben ein anderes Thema weichen. Another topic may simply have to give way.
  Militärische Gewalt muss sofort einer politischen Lösung weichen und ihr Vorrang geben. Military violence must immediately give way and priority to a political solution.
  In manchen Fällen mussten sie verwässerten, farblosen und faden Kompromissen weichen. In some cases they have been forced to give way to wishy-washy, colourless and insipid compromises.

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