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back down

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back down
to decide not to do something because others say you should not do it. Most of the speakers opposed the budget cuts, but the mayor said she would not back down. We demanded an end to the weapons tests, and we thought they had agreed to back down.
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Looking back down the hill, the view presented the grandest spectacle of Nature and Man, in combination, that I have ever seen.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Will Scarlet and Will Stutely had watched and planned a rescue ever since the Sheriff and Robin rode back down the hill.
Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context
you're afraid to back down -- afraid you'll be found out to be what you are -- COWARDS -- and so you raise a yell, and hang yourselves on to that half-a-man's coat-tail, and come raging up here, swearing what big things you're going to do.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
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