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back down
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to break a promise or agreement if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date Synonyms renege, back off, back out, cop out, fink outRelated Words chicken (out), wimp out; backpedal, backtrack; abjure, abnegate, disavow, forswear (also foreswear), recall, recant, repudiate, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw; beg off, cry off [chiefly British]Near Antonyms adhere (to), follow through (with); comply (with), fulfill (or fulfil), honor, keep, satisfy
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