See give way in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "After years of neglect, the rusty old bridge could give way at any time.",
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"text": "During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling up from the coast.",
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"word": "讓路 /让路"
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"word": "ceda trecerea"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to yield to persistent persuasion",
"word": "darla vinta"
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"word": "ngawhere"
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"sense": "to yield to persistent persuasion",
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"sense": "to yield to persistent persuasion",
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"sense": "to collapse or break under physical stress",
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"word": "céder"
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"sense": "to collapse or break under physical stress",
"word": "nachgeben"
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"sense": "to collapse or break under physical stress",
"word": "weichen"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to collapse or break under physical stress",
"word": "ge vika"
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"sense": "to collapse or break under physical stress",
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"sense": "to be followed by",
"word": "céder la place à"
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"sense": "to be followed by",
"word": "cedere posto"
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"sense": "to be followed by",
"word": "ge vika"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "davam pǎt",
"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
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"roman": "rànglù",
"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "讓路 /让路"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "vige"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "holde tilbage"
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"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "verleen voorrang"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "väistää"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "céder le passage"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "elsőbbséget ad"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "dare la precedenza"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "cedere il passo"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "ustąpić pierwszeństwa"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "ceda trecerea"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ustupátʹ dorógu",
"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
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"word": "уступа́ть доро́гу"
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"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
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"word": "уступи́ть доро́гу"
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"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
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"word": "пропуска́ть"
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"roman": "propustítʹ",
"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
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"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
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"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "toa njia"
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"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "väja"
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"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "yol vermek"
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"roman": "suolla bier",
"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "суолла биэр"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "to give precedence to other road users",
"word": "rhoi ffordd"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to allow another person to intervene to make a point or ask a question whilst one is delivering a speech",
"word": "átadja a szót"
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"word": "give way"
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