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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
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Stock market surges on Election Day Prices Inflation has bedeviled the U.S. for the past several years -- but in recent months price increases have slowed back down to a normal pace.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Squeeze the upper back at the top of the position before lowering back down.
—Leoni Jesner, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
And why did the U.S. do better than any other advanced economy in bringing inflation back down?
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Instead of sending yourself back down that road again, this month will offer you temptation beyond your wildest dreams.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 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 14 Nov. 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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