поступитися

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From поступи́ти (postupýty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian поступи́ться (postupítʹsja).

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Verb

поступи́тися (postupýtysjapf (imperfective поступа́тися)

  1. to cede, to give up, to relinquish, to yield (something to someone: чи́мось (instrumental) кому́сь (dative))
  2. to concede, to give ground, to give in, to give way, to yield (to: + dative case) (make concessions)
  3. (chiefly used in the negative) to be inferior (to: + dative case / пе́ред + instrumental)
  4. (dated sense) to step (aside, away, back, etc.)

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