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  1. 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, choke

  2. chicken 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

How to use back down in a sentence?

  1. Donald Trump:

    Adversity makes your stronger. Don't give in. Don't back down and never stop doing what you know is right. Nothing worth doing ever, ever, ever came easy. And the more righteous your fight, the most opposition you will face.

  2. Photographer Trupal Pandya:

    The biggest (reason) was to just go out there and photograph the change before everything changes, i think if I would have (photographed the Huaorani) 10 years back down the line or a little later than that, I don't think I would have got what I just got.

  3. Richard Malka:

    We will not back down, otherwise none of this has any meaning, if you hold the banner 'I am Charlie', that means you have the right to blaspheme, you have the right to criticize my religion.

  4. Matthew Greene:

    What I believe was that when people acted in violence people did not back down, did not say you were going too far, if anything, it was celebrated.

  5. Richard Blumenthal:

    The triumph today is really a lesson from Sujitno and his family, never give up. Never back down. Never give up, because the fight is worth it.

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