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if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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That brain area responds by sending signals back down the vagus nerve to the spleen.
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Allow the kettlebell to come up to chest height before pulling it back down.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
The Bucs blew a 17-point fourth-quarter lead by having a kick to put them up two possessions blocked and returned for a touchdown, only to have Baker Mayfield march the offense back down the field for a game-winning 36-yard field goal from Chase McLaughlin with zeros on the clock.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Maduro appears to be betting that Washington will back down.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Allow the kettlebell to come up to chest height before pulling it back down.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
The Bucs blew a 17-point fourth-quarter lead by having a kick to put them up two possessions blocked and returned for a touchdown, only to have Baker Mayfield march the offense back down the field for a game-winning 36-yard field goal from Chase McLaughlin with zeros on the clock.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Maduro appears to be betting that Washington will back down.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 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 29 Sep. 2025.
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