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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In the original script, Angela threw the cat into the ceiling and Oscar simply kicked it back down.
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Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
Except when the time finally came to put up or shut up, Laurel backed down from the challenge.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 29 May 2024
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Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
Except when the time finally came to put up or shut up, Laurel backed down from the challenge.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 29 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for back down
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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