CLIMBED DOWN Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

climbed down

verb

past tense of climb down

as in backed down

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Worried about the potential fine — which, Dantona noted, the city worker had been polite about explaining — the homeowner backed down and asked Brodeur to cut back the grass.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Raq was fly, never backed down, and didn't rat when her back was against the wall, all in the midst of trying to protect her son Kanan (Mekai Curtis), who is determined to build his own empire outside of his family.

— Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

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Also complicating matters is that some voters already have cast absentee ballots for Democrats who have bowed out of the race but remain on the ballot.

— Gaby Vinick, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
In 2014, when Democrats bowed out of the Senate race to clear the way for independent entrepreneur Greg Orman, Republican incumbent Pat Roberts won the race by more than 10 percentage points.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026

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