verb
1. move in order to make room for someone for something (Freq. 1)
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The park gave way to a supermarket
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`Move over,' he told the crowd
• Hypernyms: ↑move
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Somebody ——s
2. become less intense (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑ease off, ↑slacken off, ↑flag
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
3. reduce pressure or intensity
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he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
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Something ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.