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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