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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Mullin refused to back down to Paul.
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Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
Mullin refused to back down to Paul, in a display that Trump is likely to expect and appreciate.
—Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
She’s not torn back down to nothing and made to start over as if those two seasons, told 10 years apart, never happened.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
Sheeran and Centene’s lawyer held a phone call later that afternoon, and Centene backed down.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
Mullin refused to back down to Paul, in a display that Trump is likely to expect and appreciate.
—Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
She’s not torn back down to nothing and made to start over as if those two seasons, told 10 years apart, never happened.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
Sheeran and Centene’s lawyer held a phone call later that afternoon, and Centene backed down.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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