the government gave way and passed the bill : YIELD, back down, surrender, concede defeat, give in, submit, succumb; acquiesce, agree, assent; informal throw in the towel/sponge, cave in.
the door gave way : COLLAPSE, give, cave in, fall in, come apart, crumple.
grief gave way to guilt : BE REPLACED BY, be succeeded by, be followed by, be supplanted by.
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