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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An opportunity to shove the New York Yankees back down in the standings with the clubs meeting for the regular season’s final time.
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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
For years, Hollow Knight fans have been trapped in their own cage, waiting for release, lunging at every scrap of news only to be dashed back down.
—Keller Gordon, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Hold for one to two seconds, then lower back down.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Despite mounting pressure, Corpus — the county’s first Latina sheriff — shows no signs of backing down.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
For years, Hollow Knight fans have been trapped in their own cage, waiting for release, lunging at every scrap of news only to be dashed back down.
—Keller Gordon, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Hold for one to two seconds, then lower back down.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Despite mounting pressure, Corpus — the county’s first Latina sheriff — shows no signs of backing down.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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