backing down

present participle of back down

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of backing down This is a nice, rare moment of Cipher actually backing down slightly. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025 Still, manager Aaron Boone isn't backing down. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 Rather than backing down, entrepreneurs are pushing forward. Anna Horndahl, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backing down
Verb
  • After backing out of Monday's Dawson's Creek cast reunion in New York City due to illness, James Van Der Beek still made a surprise appearance at the event in a sweet video message for attendees and his fellow cast members.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
  • This could either result in investors backing out of purchasing the debt, or demanding higher interest payments to offset the risk.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And yet governments and corporations are now backing off on previous climate goals, and the planet's annual greenhouse gas emissions continue to climb.
    Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But Pages did not pursue it to the wall, backing off to play the ball on a bounce.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Backing down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backing%20down. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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