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Definition of "back down" []

  • To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to. (verb)

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Use "back down" in a sentence
  • "“Well, pull up some floor,” she said as she went back down to get her PADD."
  • "Freser barked his approval at this state of affairs, and finally got back down on all fours."
  • "After lying there, postcoitally, for about twenty minutes, I felt inspired and went back down on her."
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