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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The boom comes as the tariff spat with Washington has kicked up nationalistic support in China, and a promise not to back down in its face-off with the US.
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Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Reverse the exercise by hinging your hips, bending your knees and lowering the dumbbells back down to the mat with control.
—Leoni Jesner, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
Police were dispatched to the scene and the owner eventually lured the pet back down to the ground by bribing it with a cookie.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
Still, Democratic senators, including those representing states with many federal workers, did not appear ready to back down.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
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Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Reverse the exercise by hinging your hips, bending your knees and lowering the dumbbells back down to the mat with control.
—Leoni Jesner, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
Police were dispatched to the scene and the owner eventually lured the pet back down to the ground by bribing it with a cookie.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
Still, Democratic senators, including those representing states with many federal workers, did not appear ready to back down.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 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 9 Nov. 2025.
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