Antonyms for gave way
Grammar : Verb |
- accomplish
- achieve
- activate
- advance
- aggravate
- agitate
- agree
- aid
- allow
- animate
- anticipate
- approve
- argue
- arrive
- ascend
- ask
- assert
- assist
- attach
- attain
- be born
- be calm
- bear
- begin
- build
- build up
- clean
- climb
- close
- combine
- come
- come in
- compliment
- compose
- conceal
- conquer
- continue
- contradict
- counter
- create
- decline
- defend
- deny
- develop
- differ
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- discourage
- disobey
- dispute
- disregard
- dissent
- dissuade
- draw up
- encourage
- energize
- engage
- enhance
- enlarge
- enter
- excite
- expand
- expect
- extend
- face
- fail
- fight
- finish
- fix
- flatten
- forge
- forget
- free
- go up
- grow
- have faith
- help
- hide
- hinder
- hold
- hold up
- hope
- ignore
- improve
- incite
- increase
- inflate
- invigorate
- join
- keep
- leave
- leave alone
- liberate
- loose
- meet
- mend
- miss
- misunderstand
- mutiny
- neglect
- object
- oppose
- overcome
- overlook
- overthrow
- permit
- persevere
- praise
- prevent
- prolong
- protest
- pull together
- purify
- pursue
- put together
- question
- raise
- reach
- rebel
- refrain
- refresh
- refuse
- reject
- remain
- repress
- resist
- retain
- rise
- scale
- sew
- smooth
- stay
- steady
- stop
- straighten
- strengthen
- stretch
- succeed
- suppress
- take
- tighten
- unite
- veto
- wait
- win
- wish for
- withhold
- withstand
- worry
Definition of gave way
- As in obey : verb conform, give in
- As in relent : verb die down; let up
- As in retire : verb leave a place or responsibility
- As in sag : verb droop
- As in snap : verb separate, break
- As in split : verb break up, pull apart
- As in submit : verb comply, endure
- As in succumb : verb die or surrender
- As in weaken : verb reduce the strength of
- As in withdraw : verb remove something or someone from situation
- As in yield : verb give in, surrender
- As in cry uncle : verb to surrender
- As in budge : verb dislodge from staid position
- As in chicken out : verb back down
- As in superannuate : verb retire
- As in collapse : verb fall apart, break down
- As in crack : verb lose self-control
- As in crash : verb fall
- As in crumple : verb make or become wrinkled
- As in despair : verb give up hope
- As in fall : verb be overthrown by an enemy; surrender
- As in give : verb yield, collapse
Synonyms for gave way
- abandon
- abate
- abdicate
- abide
- abide by
- abjure
- absent oneself
- accede
- accept
- accord
- acknowledge
- acquiesce
- act upon
- adhere to
- admit defeat
- adulterate
- agree
- allow
- answer
- appease
- assent
- avoid
- back down
- back out
- back pedal
- bag
- bail out
- be casualty
- be destroyed
- be hopeless
- be killed
- be lost
- be loyal to
- be merciful
- be ruled by
- be submissive
- be taken
- become deranged
- become insane
- beg off
- belly up
- bend
- bifurcate
- bite the dust
- blow
- blow it off
- blow one's mind
- blow up
- book
- bow
- bow out
- bow to
- branch
- break
- break down
- break up
- buckle
- bug out
- bulge
- bump
- burst
- buy
- call it quits
- cancel
- capitulate
- carry out
- cave
- cave in
- cease
- cede
- change
- change one's mind
- change position
- check out
- cleave
- click
- collapse
- collide
- come apart
- come around
- come to terms
- come undone
- comply
- concede
- concur
- conk out
- contract
- convince
- cool it
- cop out
- crack
- crack up
- crackle
- crash-land
- crease
- crimp
- crimple
- crinkle
- cripple
- croak
- crumble
- crumple
- crush
- cry uncle
- curve
- cut
- dangle
- debase
- debilitate
- decamp
- decease
- decline
- decrease
- defer
- defer to
- deflate
- demise
- deny oneself
- depart
- depress
- despond
- destroy
- detach
- devitalize
- devote
- dichotomize
- die
- die away
- dilute
- diminish
- dip
- disband
- discharge
- disengage
- disintegrate
- disjoin
- dissever
- disunite
- ditch
- dive
- diverge
- divide
- divorce
- do as one says
- do one's bidding
- do one's duty
- do what is expected
- do what one is told
- draw away
- draw back
- drive into
- droop
- drop
- drop off
- drop out
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ease out
- ease up
- ease up on
- eat crow
- eat dirt
- ebb
- eliminate
- embrace
- enervate
- execute
- exfiltrate
- exhaust
- exit
- expire
- extract
- fade
- fail
- faint
- fall
- fall away
- fall back
- fall down
- fall flat
- fall headlong
- fall off
- fall prostrate
- fall to pieces
- fall victim to
- flag
- flake out
- flap
- flatten
- flex
- flip
- flop
- fold
- fold up
- follow
- forbear
- fork
- founder
- fracture
- fulfill
- funk out
- gape
- get away
- get cold feet
- get in line
- get lost
- get off
- give
- give away
- give ground
- give in
- give in to
- give oneself over
- give out
- give quarter
- give some slack
- give up
- give up the ghost
- give up work
- give way
- go
- go along with
- go away
- go back on
- go bonkers
- go crazy
- go down
- go easy on
- go in
- go separate ways
- go to bed
- go to one's room
- go to pieces
- go to sleep
- go under
- go with the flow
- grant
- grin and bear it
- hack
- halt
- hand over
- hang
- hang down
- have heavy heart
- have mercy
- have no stomach for
- have pity
- heed
- hit the sack
- hold fast
- humor
- hurtle
- impair
- impoverish
- inch
- indulge
- influence
- invalidate
- isolate
- keel over
- keep
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- kowtow
- languish
- lay back
- lay down arms
- lean
- leave
- leave service
- lend
- lessen
- let air out
- let go
- let it happen
- lie down
- lighten up
- limp
- live by
- locomote
- lose
- lose faith
- lose heart
- lose it
- lose spirit
- lower
- lurch
- make concessions
- make oneself scarce
- make vacant
- meet
- meet waterloo
- mellow out
- melt
- mind
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- move
- obey
- observe
- open
- overbalance
- overturn
- pack it in
- pancake
- part
- part company
- part with
- pass
- pass away
- pass into enemy hands
- pension
- perform
- perish
- persuade
- phase out
- pitch
- play second fiddle
- plough into
- plunge
- pop
- prang
- propel
- pucker
- pull back
- pull out
- push
- put asunder
- put one's tail between one's legs
- put out to pasture
- put up with
- quail
- quit
- recant
- recede
- recoil
- reduce
- regress
- relapse
- relax
- relent
- relinquish
- remove
- rend
- renege
- renounce
- repeal
- rescind
- resign
- resign oneself
- respond
- retire
- retreat
- revoke
- rimple
- rip
- rive
- roll
- ruck
- rumple
- run along
- rusticate
- sag
- sap
- say uncle
- scratch
- screw
- scrunch
- secede
- seclude oneself
- separate
- serve
- settle
- sever
- sever connections
- shatter
- shift
- show mercy
- show white flag
- shrink
- shrivel
- shy from
- sink
- slacken
- slash
- slide
- slip
- slit
- slow
- slow down
- slump
- smash
- snap
- soften
- splash down
- splinter
- sprawl
- stir
- stoop
- stop working
- submit
- subside
- succumb
- suffer defeat
- sunder
- surrender
- swag
- sway
- switch
- take a hike
- take away
- take down
- take leave
- take off
- take orders
- take out
- take the count
- tear
- temper
- thin
- thin out
- throw in the towel
- tire
- toe the line
- tolerate
- topple
- totter
- tremble
- truckle
- tumble
- turn in
- turn yellow
- undermine
- upset
- vacate
- vitiate
- wad
- wane
- washout
- water down
- weaken
- weary
- weasel out
- welsh
- whack
- wiggle out
- wilt
- wimp out
- withdraw
- withstand
- worm out
- wrinkle
- yield
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