Examples of back down in a Sentence
if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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The students also said that Harvard has offered to retract the suspensions of more than 20 students and student workers and back down on disciplinary measures faced by 60 more.
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Michael Casey, Fortune, 14 May 2024
Once at the top of Mother Miguel Mountain, hikers can take a rest — and try to spot the many San Diego County landmarks — before finding their way back down.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
But even though Israel followed through on some of the commitments on humanitarian aid, Mr. Netanyahu was not backing down on Rafah.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 11 May 2024
But unlike the first game, where players are ascending to the surface, the daughter of Hades is on a quest to descend back down to Tartarus to reclaim her familial dominion.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2024
Not backing down, my sister, clad in pajamas and robe, fled into the freezing night.
—Emmi S. Herman, STAT, 7 May 2024
Climbers who aim to summit Everest typically spend up to two months on the mountain, including weeks making short, incremental ascents above base camp and back down again.
—Alton C. Byers, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
Still, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to queue up this summer to launch more than 400 feet in the air at 100-plus-mph, free-fall backward, shoot up again — and plunge, spiral-twisting headfirst back down to earth, feeling the wind in their face and a death-defying rush.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
Cocoa prices are melting back down to Earth… sort of.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 2 May 2024
Michael Casey, Fortune, 14 May 2024
Once at the top of Mother Miguel Mountain, hikers can take a rest — and try to spot the many San Diego County landmarks — before finding their way back down.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
But even though Israel followed through on some of the commitments on humanitarian aid, Mr. Netanyahu was not backing down on Rafah.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 11 May 2024
But unlike the first game, where players are ascending to the surface, the daughter of Hades is on a quest to descend back down to Tartarus to reclaim her familial dominion.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2024
Not backing down, my sister, clad in pajamas and robe, fled into the freezing night.
—Emmi S. Herman, STAT, 7 May 2024
Climbers who aim to summit Everest typically spend up to two months on the mountain, including weeks making short, incremental ascents above base camp and back down again.
—Alton C. Byers, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
Still, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to queue up this summer to launch more than 400 feet in the air at 100-plus-mph, free-fall backward, shoot up again — and plunge, spiral-twisting headfirst back down to earth, feeling the wind in their face and a death-defying rush.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
Cocoa prices are melting back down to Earth… sort of.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 2 May 2024
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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