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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Physics students learn about the basic stuff of reality—space and time, energy and matter—and are told that all other scientific disciplines must reduce back down to the fundamental particles and laws that physics has generated.
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Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Hilly neighborhood streets coated with snow and ice are challenging drivers, with some cars having to back down hills, unable to tackle the incline.
—Dan Snyder, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
But Alexis wasn’t backing down.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 12 Dec. 2025
So far, Takaichi has not backed down.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Hilly neighborhood streets coated with snow and ice are challenging drivers, with some cars having to back down hills, unable to tackle the incline.
—Dan Snyder, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
But Alexis wasn’t backing down.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 12 Dec. 2025
So far, Takaichi has not backed down.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 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 17 Dec. 2025.
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