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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Newton challenged her stance, questioning how her comments aligned with the idea of uplifting women, but Michelle didn’t back down.
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Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 16 June 2025
That means that for years, garbage trucks had to back down this dead end to make pickups -- a regular, noisy nuisance.
—Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
The conflict is also unlikely to be over even if Iran quickly backs down.
—Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2025
Cruise was strapped to the side of an Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft and rode it from take-off to 5,000 ft (1,524 m) and back down – eight times (there must be something to Cruise and the number eight).
—Joe Salas
june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
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Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 16 June 2025
That means that for years, garbage trucks had to back down this dead end to make pickups -- a regular, noisy nuisance.
—Arkansas Online, 15 June 2025
The conflict is also unlikely to be over even if Iran quickly backs down.
—Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2025
Cruise was strapped to the side of an Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft and rode it from take-off to 5,000 ft (1,524 m) and back down – eight times (there must be something to Cruise and the number eight).
—Joe Salas
june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
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 Jul. 2025.
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