Meaning of give place | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be replaced by something.
2. To yield.
   dated

Examples

“Telephone boxes have⟳ largely given place⟳ to mobile phones.”

“The line from Nyon to La Cure (17½ miles) was opened in 1916, and is on independent track throughout, leaving the road immediately after passing under the Swiss Federal line from Lausanne to Geneva, where grooved tramrails with tie-bars give⟳ place⟳ to steel-sleepered track.”

“When Nos. 1870 to 1879 emerged, in 1902, the circular front windows of the cab had given place⟳ to much larger windows, conforming to the shape⟳ of the cab roof on top and the firebox top below, [...].”

“Neither give⟳ place⟳ to the Devil.”

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