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. Ming Sing:

   If she resigns right now, if she is compelled by Beijing to resign, that would send a very strong signal to Hong Kong and the international community that Beijing, the largest one-party state, the largest authoritarian state in the world, would back down in the face of popular pressure.

2. Doug French:

   We've seen the needle move from flawlessness in the '50s to absolute helplessness in the '90s and now we kind of want the needle to come back down the center where it should be, we're not Superman, but we're not idiots either.

3. Don Margarito Guerrero:

   [ The officials ] don't say anything, that's why we need to continue fighting. We will not back down until we know something.

4. Emanuel Skarlatos:

   They trusted each other where one wouldn't back down if the other was getting his butt kicked, we're still trying to wrap our heads around it, but we're proud of him.

5. Emily Maitlis:

   We – journalists, management teams, organizations – are primed to back down, even apologize, to prove how journalistically fair we are being.