as in to back out
to break a promise or agreement
if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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Publishers at the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times this week said their papers would forgo endorsements for this year's presidential election, adding to a growing number of papers that are choosing to back down from political endorsements across the country.
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Sara Fischer, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
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
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Sara Fischer, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
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
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Cayden Addison, a seven-year-old Black boy battling a rare form Philadelphia chromosome acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), has had two donors back out on him.Pia Velasco, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
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The man seemingly backed out of the parking to prevent his license plate number from being captured.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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On Tuesday, the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee backed off, voting to keep the film credit in place while cutting the cap, starting next year.Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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That could have meant dissolving or merging parts of the district with neighboring districts, but after strong pushback from the community, the state backed off its orders.Yesenia Robles, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
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He was walked by cops out of the 105th Precinct in handcuffs Thursday morning and later arraigned in Queens Criminal Supreme Court on murder charges.Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 30 May 2024
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According to The Korea Times, in July 2024 Beijing demanded that Pyongyang recall North Korean workers in China—numbered in the tens of thousands—so that China could comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2937, which called for the repatriation of North Korean laborers.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Viewed from the rear three-quarter angle, the Vanquish recalls an arrow, drawn from its quiver and aimed at the target.Dan Carney, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/back%20down. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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