What does climb down mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. withdrawal, backdown, climb-downverb

    a retraction of a previously held position

  2. alight, climb downverb

    come down

    "the birds alighted"

Wiktionary

  1. climb downnoun

    An abandonment, withdrawal from, or softening of a previously expressed opinion, policy, argument, etc.

  2. climb downverb

    To descend by climbing.

  3. climb downverb

    To abandon, withdraw from, or soften a previously expressed opinion, argument, etc.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of climb down in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of climb down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of climb down in a Sentence

  1. Mariana Fulger:

    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…

  2. Richard Giragosian:

    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.


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