Examples of back down in a Sentence
if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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Faced with a strained medical system at the height of the Covid pandemic, the government backed down.
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Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Former View cohost and conservative media personality Meghan McCain isn't backing down on her criticism of an off-Broadway stage show, Ghost of John McCain, that uses her late father's name and long-standing feud with Donald Trump as narrative inspiration.
—EW.com, 3 Apr. 2024
The three of them, along with a post-oral-surgery Kong, head back down to check it out.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
With this intellectual lineage, conspiracy theorists are not about to back down from their truths, because their own scientific method possesses a historical claim as deeply entrenched as ours.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2024
Despite the push to eliminate DEI initiatives and efforts, Black women aren’t backing down.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Don’t expect others to back down or to fight fairly.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
In the end, though, the Thai government backed down.
—Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 21 Mar. 2024
There are multiple ways to access the backcountry, such as snowmobiles, helicopters, or even lifts that provide access to out-of-bounds terrain, but many people choose the human-powered route, hiking uphill with their skis or snowboards before skiing or riding back down to their starting point.
—Josh Laskin, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Former View cohost and conservative media personality Meghan McCain isn't backing down on her criticism of an off-Broadway stage show, Ghost of John McCain, that uses her late father's name and long-standing feud with Donald Trump as narrative inspiration.
—EW.com, 3 Apr. 2024
The three of them, along with a post-oral-surgery Kong, head back down to check it out.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
With this intellectual lineage, conspiracy theorists are not about to back down from their truths, because their own scientific method possesses a historical claim as deeply entrenched as ours.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2024
Despite the push to eliminate DEI initiatives and efforts, Black women aren’t backing down.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Don’t expect others to back down or to fight fairly.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
In the end, though, the Thai government backed down.
—Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 21 Mar. 2024
There are multiple ways to access the backcountry, such as snowmobiles, helicopters, or even lifts that provide access to out-of-bounds terrain, but many people choose the human-powered route, hiking uphill with their skis or snowboards before skiing or riding back down to their starting point.
—Josh Laskin, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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