back down
verb
backed down; backing down; backs down
intransitive verb
: to withdraw from a commitment or position
Synonyms
- back off
- back out
- cop out
- fink out
- renege
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
Word History
First Known Use
1849, in the meaning defined above
backing down
verb
as in backing out
to break a promise or agreement if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- backing out
- backing off
- copping out
- finking out
- wimping out
- recalling
- withdrawing
- going back on
- taking back
- reneging
- chickening (out)
- begging off
- retracting
- crying off
- unsaying
- backpedaling
- backtracking
- recanting
- forswearing
- abnegating
- abjuring
- disavowing
- foreswearing
- repudiating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- adhering (to)
- following through (with)
- complying (with)
- keeping
- fulfilling
- satisfying
- honoring