give way to

give way to someone or something

to yield to someone or something; to give preference to someone or something. The cars gave way to the pedestrians. The motorboats have to give way to the sailboats.

give way to something

to be replaced by something My excitement gave way to fear when I drove a car for the first time.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Topher	TO-fər	English
Ikram	-	Arabic
Melpomeni	-	Greek
Boban	-	Serbian, Macedonian
RÚBen	-	Portuguese
Abrahamson	['eibrəhæmsn]