Synonyms for back down
back down

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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

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1. Nick Hague:

   As it rips us away from the rocket, once those thrusters are done. We're like if you throw a baseball up in the air, it's going to follow this ballistic trajectory, that weightlessness was when we were peaking out and getting ready to fall back down to the Earth.

2. Daniel Zhao:

   The labor market in March came in like a lion with a banking crisis and more layoffs, and is going out like a lamb with a solid jobs report, the labor market is still strong, but it’s gliding slowly back down to Earth.

3. Bud Yorkin:

   Norman and I told them that if we are going to have to fight for every show, we don't want to do it, because we are not going to back down, these are areas we are going to deal with in the first year : gays, black and white [ people ] problems, contemporary problems. We're going to make people laugh, but we're going to make them think.

4. Shea Wilkes:

   This is vindication for myself and other whistleblowers who won’t back down when the VA tries to intimidate us, the VA was after me but ran into someone who wouldn’t be bullied.

5. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley:

   We will not back down from our lawsuit until the DOE pays the $1 million a day fine they are required to under federal law.