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back\ down — • back down • back off v informal To give up a claim; not follow up a threat. Bill said he could beat Ted, but when Ted put up his fists Bill backed down. Harry claimed Joe had taken his book, but backed down when the teacher talked with him. Syn … Словарь американских идиом
back down — [v] withdraw from agreement or statement abandon, accede, admit, back off, back out, back pedal*, backtrack, balk, beg off*, cancel, chicken out*, concede, cop out*, demur, give in, give up, go back on, hold back, recant, recoil, renege, resign,… … New thesaurus
back down — index abandon (withdraw), accede (concede), disavow, surrender (yield), yield (submit) … Law dictionary
back down — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms back down : present tense I/you/we/they back down he/she/it backs down present participle backing down past tense backed down past participle backed down to stop asking for something, or to stop saying that… … English dictionary
back down — PHRASAL VERB If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it. [V P] The United States had no intention of backing down in its bitter row with the European… … English dictionary
back down — v. (D; intr.) to back down from (they had to back down from their demands) … Combinatory dictionary
back down — to decide not to do something because others say you should not do it. Most of the speakers opposed the budget cuts, but the mayor said she would not back down. We demanded an end to the weapons tests, and we thought they had agreed to back down … New idioms dictionary
back down — all your begging is useless because I am not going to back down Syn: give in, concede defeat, surrender, yield, submit, climb down, concede, reconsider; backtrack, backpedal … Thesaurus of popular words
back down — verb To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to. I was about to sue them, but I had to back down. See Also: give in, retract … Wiktionary
back down — yield, not challenge, not stand up to Ole won t back down from you. He s ready to fight … English idioms
