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sag
To decline in price, value, sales, etc.
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  1. To decline in price, value, sales, etc.
  2. To wear one's pants with the waist below the hips, so that one's underwear is visible.
  3. To decline, as in value or price:
fall
(--- Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.
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  1. (--- Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.
  2. To pass into a particular state, condition, or situation:
  3. To come forth as if by falling; issue:
crumble
To give way; collapse:
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  1. To give way; collapse:
  2. To fall into small fragments or pieces; disintegrate:
  3. To fall to pieces; disintegrate
crumple
To collapse:
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  1. To collapse:
  2. (Intransitive) To become wrinkled.
  3. To fall or break down; collapse
recede
To go or move back from a former position
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  1. To go or move back from a former position
  2. To withdraw (from)
  3. To yield or grant to one formerly in possession; cede (something) back.
withdraw
To cause to leave or return:
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  1. To cause to leave or return:
  2. To recall or retract:
  3. To leave or return, as from a military position.
retire
To withdraw or move in retreat
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  1. To withdraw or move in retreat
  2. To give ground, as in battle; retreat; withdraw
  3. To pay off:
yield
To produce or bear
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  1. To produce or bear
  2. To produce a return for effort or investment:
  3. To give over possession of, as in deference or defeat; surrender:
accede
To give assent; give in; agree (to)
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  1. To give assent; give in; agree (to)
  2. To enter upon the duties (of an office); attain (to)
  3. To become a party to an agreement or treaty.
grant
To transfer rights in real or personal property; in litigation, accession by the court to a party’s request made by motion or pleading.
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  1. To transfer rights in real or personal property; in litigation, accession by the court to a party’s request made by motion or pleading.
  2. To allow or consent to the fulfillment of (something requested):
  3. To give or confer officially or formally:
Find another word for give-way. In this page you can discover 13 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for give-way, like: sag, fall, crumble, crumple, recede, withdraw, retire, yield, accede, grant and give.

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  • refused to give way where the discipline and vital interests of the church seemed to be threatened.

  • Her knees were trembling as if they were going to give way at any moment, and her face felt devoid of blood.

  • The British ambassador sought by every means in his power to induce Turkey to give way to Russia, going so far as to guarantee the withdrawal of the Russian troops from Moldo-Walachia if the Porte remained at peace, and threatening that if Turkey persisted in her opposition England would join with Russia against her.

  • and W., however, the surface gradually rises into long undulating tracts; rice lands and swamps give way to a region of low thorny jungle or forest trees; the hamlets become smaller and more scattered, and nearly disappear altogether in the wild forests along the western boundary.

  • Russell, however, refused to give way a hair's-breadth.

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