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Definition of 'back down' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) back up, back off, back down
move backwards from a certain position
"The bully had to back down"

2. (verb) chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow out
remove oneself from an obligation
"He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"


Definition of 'back down' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) back down
to withdraw from an argument
Both sides had backed down.


Translation of 'back down' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to give up one's opinion, claim etc
She backed down in the face of strong opposition.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: toegee Arabic flag Arabic: يُعَبِّر عن رأيِهِ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: оттеглям се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: recuar Czech flag Czech: ustoupit German flag German: klein beigeben
Danish flag Danish: trække sig Greek flag Greek: υποχωρώ Spanish flag Spanish: echarse/volverse atrás; r
Estonian flag Estonian: (oma seisukohast) taganem Farsi flag Farsi: جا زدن؛ عقب نشینی کردن Finnish flag Finnish: perääntyä
French flag French: reculer (devant) Hebrew flag Hebrew: לַסֶגֶת, לְווָתֵר Hindi flag Hindi: पीछे हटना, छोड़ देना
Croatian flag Croatian: povući se Hungarian flag Hungarian: meghátrál Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengalah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: dragaí land Italian flag Italian: rinunciare Japanese flag Japanese: 引きさがる
Korean flag Korean: 철회 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pasitraukti Latvian flag Latvian: atkāpties; atteikties (no
Malay flag Malay: mengalah Dutch flag Dutch: terugkrabbelen Norwegian flag Norwegian: fravike; trekke seg
Polish flag Polish: wycofać się Persian flag Persian: جا زدن؛ عقب نشینی کردن Pashto flag Pashto: په شا كيدل، شاته ناستل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: recuar Romanian flag Romanian: a bateîn retragere (în fa Russian flag Russian: отступаться
Slovak flag Slovak: ustúpiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: umakniti se (pred) Serbian flag Serbian: povući se
Swedish flag Swedish: backa [ur], retirera Thai flag Thai: ยอมจำนน Turkish flag Turkish: pes etmek, yelkenleri suy
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 放棄(己見、要求等),讓步 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відступатися, відмовлятис Urdu flag Urdu: ہار ماننا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thoái lui Chinese flag Chinese: 放弃(观点),退让

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