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Examples of back down in a Sentence
if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
Recent Examples on the Web
However, after Romania’s appeal, the CAS found that Team USA’s appeal came after one minute and four seconds — coaches have one minute to appeal a score after judging — and thus the CAS voided Team USA’s appeal and dropped Chiles’ score back down to 13.666 and fifth place.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
The past few days, for example, have featured wildfires that have run up and over mountains; backed down hills and into communities; and manufactured their own weather, complete with towering clouds of smoke and ash that produced thousands of lightning strikes.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
Her favorite cheap adventure is river tubing: park one car down-river, then carpool upstream and float your way back down.
—Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 3 Sep. 2024
While economic factors are unlikely to drive prices back down, consumer sentiment just might.
—Becca Stanek, theweek, 30 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1849, in the meaning defined above
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 21 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
back down
verb
: to retreat from a stand one has taken or from a challenge one has accepted
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