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Adonis Posted 21 years ago
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What does (giving way to) mean?

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00Sloops were giving way to larger craft like the new schooners and brigs. 0-
  

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0 There were fewer and fewer sloops, and more and more new schooners and brigs. 02br 00Sloops gave room to new schooners & brigs. 0-

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  • 0 There were fewer and fewer sloops, and more and more new schooners and brigs.
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0 There were fewer and fewer sloops, and more and more new schooners and brigs. 02br
00Sloops gave room to new schooners & brigs. 0-
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0 Dear Adonis 02br
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00There are two possible meanings. First, sloops were superseded by schooners and brigs. Second, sloops allowed schooners and brigs to go in front. 02br
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00Have a nice weekend 02br
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0 "to give way" is "to yield", i.e., to let someone else go first. So the smaller boats were moving out of the way of the larger ones, to let them pass, for example. 0-
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0 Dear Adonis 02br
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00I would be interested to discover the source of your quotation. Would you be so kind as to tell me? 02br
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00Have a nice day, 02br
00Goldmund 0-
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