What does climb down mean?
Definitions for climb down
climb down
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Princeton's WordNet
withdrawal, backdown, climb-downverb
a retraction of a previously held position
alight, climb downverb
come down
"the birds alighted"
Wiktionary
climb downnoun
An abandonment, withdrawal from, or softening of a previously expressed opinion, policy, argument, etc.
climb downverb
To descend by climbing.
climb downverb
To abandon, withdraw from, or soften a previously expressed opinion, argument, etc.
ChatGPT
climb down
To climb down means to descend from an elevated position such as a ladder, tree, hill, or mountain. It can also refer to a metaphorical reduction or retraction in behavior, opinion, or status.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of climb down in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of climb down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of climb down in a Sentence
It seems unlikely that anyone except the parties to the conflict themselves can climb down and step back from the brink, but a return to normalcy and a real de-escalation seems unlikely.
Life – a sort of a plate of real-imaginary from which I nibble together with the birds of light and darkness, with the poor and well-to-do of the world at grains of to be once rough (like sharp stones), other times more like the pulp of pomegranates and ripe figs; stairs I have to climb in myself and climb down… to sometimes walk along the roads of infinity, other times, how many, to stop before the first step, waiting for the path home…
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