English-Italian translations for give way

• cedere
  Non siamo più disposti a cedere. We are no longer prepared to give way.
  La Commissione ha avuto ragione a non cedere. The Commission was right not to give way.
  Confonderle significa cedere alla demagogia. To confuse them would be to give way to populist rhetoric.
• cadere
• cedere il passo
  In alcuni casi, hanno dovuto cedere il passo a compromessi incolori, insapori e inodori. In some cases they have been forced to give way to wishy-washy, colourless and insipid compromises.
  Crediamo che le regole della concorrenza debbano cedere il passo ai servizi di interesse generale, e non viceversa. We believe that competition rules need to give way to general-interest services, and not the reverse.
  Tutto deve inchinarsi e cedere il passo dinanzi a tale obiettivo, compreso l'ambiente in cui viviamo e la nostra stessa vita. Everything has to give way to that imperative, including the natural world and our very human existence itself.
• cedere posto
• collassare
• dare la precedenza
  I diritti umani non devono mai dare la precedenza alle relazioni economiche nell'Unione europea. Human rights must never give way to economic relations in the European Union.
• darla su
• darla vinta
• fare posto
• lasciare posto

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