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Synonyms for back down
back down
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Princeton's WordNet
back up, back off, back downverb
move backwards from a certain position
"The bully had to back down"
Synonyms:
back, choke off, foul, clog, back off, chicken out, back up, bow out, support, clog up, congest, pull out, chokechicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow outverb
remove oneself from an obligation
"He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"
Synonyms:
pull, pull up, extract, back off, chicken out, back up, bow out, draw out, withdraw, take out, get out, draw, pull out
Matched Categories
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#103 | back | |
#148 | support | |
#3350 | draw | |
#3810 | pull | |
#5757 | extract | |
#9718 | foul | |
#10524 | withdraw | |
#21204 | choke | |
#30189 | clog | |
#299464 | congest |
How to use back down in a sentence?
You take somebody that has the right mindset, you can take everything from them and put them on the street, and I guarantee in a little while they'll be right back up there, and you take somebody with the wrong mindset, you can give them everything in the world, they'll work their way right back down to the bottom.
This will not break me, I will not give in nor will I back down. I will continue to proudly stand for what I believe in.
Christmas Day is generally a time for friends and families to get together, and although we can't be with our families this year, we will be orbiting the Earth 16 times on Christmas Day and sending all our good wishes to everybody back down on beautiful planet Earth.
I looked forward to it every day. Like I said before, I cried when they took me off her floor, and I tried to go back down to her floor to see her, but they wouldn’t let me, i wish that I would have known more. I wish I could have done more.
We are the people of the Pen. We have been working on this for 15 years and still, we do not back down from this even if they kill us, we want a future for this Afghanistan nation that is equipped with education, this nation has a right over us.
Translations for back down
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- يعترف بالهزيمة - يتراجعArabic
- υποχωρώGreek
- echarse atrásSpanish
- mundurIndonesian
- indietroItalian
- reversi sunt et descenderuntLatin
- de volta para baixoPortuguese
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