Thesaurus / giving way
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synonyms for giving way
- execute
- accept
- observe
- embrace
- heed
- surrender
- carry out
- comply
- respond
- accord
- accede
- concur
- acquiesce
- perform
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- mind
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- keep
- discharge
- answer
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- knuckle under
- toe the line
- adhere to
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- be loyal to
- be ruled by
- bow to
- do as one says
- do what is expected
- do what one is told
- get in line
- give way
- hold fast
- play second fiddle
- take orders
- do one's bidding
- do one's duty
- quit
- slacken
- acquiesce
- relax
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- soften
- capitulate
- comply
- give in
- forbear
- slow
- ebb
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- ease
- drop
- yield
- fold
- melt
- fall
- moderate
- weaken
- cry uncle
- come around
- cave in
- ease off
- let go
- give up
- be merciful
- cool it
- die away
- ease up on
- give quarter
- give some slack
- give way
- go along with
- go easy on
- have mercy
- have pity
- lay back
- let it happen
- lighten up
- mellow out
- say uncle
- show mercy
- change one's mind
- relinquish
- depart
- pull out
- separate
- remove
- withdraw
- go
- surrender
- retreat
- revoke
- ebb
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- resign
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- part
- exit
- yield
- regress
- decamp
- repeal
- rescind
- draw back
- fall back
- get off
- hand over
- take off
- turn in
- rusticate
- absent oneself
- deny oneself
- get away
- give ground
- give up work
- give way
- go away
- go to bed
- go to sleep
- hit the sack
- leave service
- make vacant
- pull back
- run along
- seclude oneself
- sever connections
- stop working
- go to one's room
- wilt
- slump
- fall off
- slide
- drop off
- sink
- slip
- dip
- languish
- decline
- swag
- flop
- flap
- bulge
- lean
- drop
- curve
- bow
- bag
- flag
- settle
- bend
- fall
- fail
- dangle
- hang
- cave in
- fall away
- give way
- hang down
- rive
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- separate
- tear
- splinter
- isolate
- rip
- break
- disband
- crack
- open
- sever
- fork
- cleave
- disjoin
- rend
- burst
- divorce
- hack
- bifurcate
- branch
- diverge
- gape
- slit
- part
- sunder
- slash
- disunite
- snap
- whack
- dissever
- dichotomize
- come apart
- come undone
- give way
- go separate ways
- part company
- put asunder
- defer
- surrender
- agree
- acknowledge
- withstand
- kowtow
- appease
- fold
- concede
- capitulate
- cede
- accede
- humor
- acquiesce
- buckle
- cave
- abide
- stoop
- relent
- succumb
- obey
- quit
- indulge
- truckle
- relinquish
- tolerate
- yield
- bow
- bend
- give away
- give in
- knuckle under
- toe the line
- knuckle
- eat crow
- be submissive
- give ground
- give way
- go with the flow
- grin and bear it
- lay down arms
- put up with
- resign oneself
- say uncle
- throw in the towel
- quit
- perish
- go down
- wilt
- buckle
- yield
- bow
- pass away
- defer
- cease
- capitulate
- give in
- decease
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- depart
- collapse
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- fold
- expire
- demise
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- go
- drop
- croak
- go under
- knuckle under
- cave in
- break down
- give way
- knuckle
- eat crow
- fall victim to
- flake out
- give in to
- give out
- give up the ghost
- meet waterloo
- pack it in
- show white flag
- take the count
- throw in the towel
- depress
- lower
- dilute
- halt
- decline
- dwindle
- lessen
- wane
- reduce
- cripple
- soften
- impair
- decrease
- abate
- diminish
- sap
- undermine
- invalidate
- debilitate
- limp
- crumble
- impoverish
- fail
- enervate
- tremble
- languish
- cut
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- droop
- tire
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- vitiate
- fade
- moderate
- totter
- exhaust
- relax
- flag
- devitalize
- adulterate
- relapse
- mitigate
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- minimize
- thin
- lose
- temper
- break up
- water down
- ease up
- give way
- lose spirit
- slow down
- thin out
- quit
- depart
- pull out
- retire
- disengage
- leave
- eliminate
- go
- drop out
- retreat
- blow
- abjure
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- secede
- switch
- book
- exit
- quail
- vacate
- recoil
- detach
- extract
- shrink
- back out
- bail out
- bow out
- check out
- draw back
- fall back
- get off
- phase out
- take off
- pull back
- absent oneself
- draw away
- ease out
- exfiltrate
- get away
- get lost
- give ground
- give way
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- make oneself scarce
- run along
- seclude oneself
- take a hike
- take away
- take leave
- take out
- buy
- leave
- bow
- succumb
- capitulate
- relinquish
- cede
- collapse
- relax
- abdicate
- sag
- submit
- defer
- fold
- relent
- break
- resign
- go
- abandon
- crumple
- bend
- back down
- hand over
- knuckle under
- give up
- give way
- knuckle
- admit defeat
- call it quits
- cave in
- come to terms
- fold up
- give oneself over
- lay down arms
- let go
- part with
- suffer defeat
- throw in the towel
- bend
- propel
- shift
- move
- influence
- yield
- sway
- push
- slide
- persuade
- remove
- inch
- convince
- stir
- roll
- change
- locomote
- change position
- give way
- avoid
- back down
- back out
- bow out
- cancel
- cop out
- make concessions
- pull out
- recant
- renege
- resign
- scratch
- surrender
- welsh
- withdraw
- yield
- back pedal
- beg off
- blow it off
- funk out
- get cold feet
- give up
- give way
- go back on
- have no stomach for
- shy from
- throw in the towel
- turn yellow
- weasel out
- wiggle out
- wimp out
- worm out
- depart
- ebb
- remove
- go
- revoke
- repeal
- secede
- exit
- separate
- resign
- part
- decamp
- surrender
- retreat
- rescind
- relinquish
- recede
- yield
- pension
- withdraw
- regress
- draw back
- fall back
- get off
- hand over
- pull out
- take off
- turn in
- rusticate
- absent oneself
- deny oneself
- get away
- give ground
- give up work
- give way
- go away
- go to bed
- go to sleep
- hit the sack
- leave service
- make vacant
- pull back
- put out to pasture
- run along
- seclude oneself
- sever connections
- stop working
- go to one's room
- topple
- founder
- disintegrate
- faint
- shatter
- break
- fail
- drop
- crumple
- weaken
- exhaust
- droop
- tire
- give
- wilt
- subside
- deflate
- bend
- fold
- flag
- yield
- go
- weary
- succumb
- languish
- crack up
- give in
- go to pieces
- keel over
- cave in
- fall down
- give way
- belly up
- conk out
- flake out
- give out
- collapse
- flip
- succumb
- yield
- blow up
- go crazy
- go to pieces
- break down
- become deranged
- become insane
- bug out
- give way
- go bonkers
- lose it
- blow one's mind
- smash
- plunge
- hurtle
- collapse
- tumble
- ditch
- dive
- drop
- collide
- bump
- slip
- meet
- topple
- overturn
- sprawl
- upset
- lurch
- pancake
- pitch
- bite the dust
- overbalance
- prang
- washout
- crash-land
- drive into
- fall flat
- fall headlong
- fall prostrate
- give way
- go in
- plough into
- splash down
- crush
- buckle
- scrunch
- screw
- wad
- collapse
- ruck
- rumple
- pucker
- crease
- fold
- crinkle
- fall
- crimp
- wrinkle
- shrivel
- go to pieces
- rimple
- break down
- cave in
- crimple
- give way
- relinquish
- despond
- renounce
- drop
- yield
- resign
- flatten
- abandon
- destroy
- surrender
- take down
- be hopeless
- give way
- have heavy heart
- let air out
- lose faith
- lose heart
- go down
- drop
- slump
- die
- submit
- perish
- resign
- yield
- bend
- succumb
- capitulate
- obey
- back down
- give in
- go under
- give up
- be casualty
- be destroyed
- be killed
- be lost
- be taken
- defer to
- eat dirt
- fall to pieces
- give way
- lie down
- pass into enemy hands
- hand over
- grant
- devote
- lend
- fail
- allow
- go
- open
- retire
- sag
- crumble
- fold
- bend
- weaken
- cede
- cave
- concede
- relent
- shrink
- flex
- relax
- break
- sink
- fall
- surrender
- retreat
- relinquish
- slacken
- recede
- contract
- crumple
- bow to
- fold up
- give way
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- fail
- differ
- disagree
- oppose
- argue
- question
- ask
- overlook
- decline
- neglect
- miss
- leave
- forget
- rebel
- mutiny
- disobey
- dissent
- object
- dispute
- protest
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- disallow
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- ignore
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- win
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- succeed
- go up
- strengthen
- rise
- tighten
- draw up
- straighten
- achieve
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- grow
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- win
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- resist
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- veto
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- contradict
- aggravate
- agitate
- free
- win
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- help
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- develop
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- encourage
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- grow
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- praise
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- increase
- allow
- advance
- meet
- face
- arrive
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- engage
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- begin
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- come
- permit
- remain
- unite
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- veto
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- face
- expand
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- win
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- join
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- keep
- hold
- withstand
- withhold
- refrain
- conceal
- stretch
- grow
- enlarge
- increase
- straighten
- put together
- tighten
- refuse
- deny
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.