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Definition of backdown in English: backdownnounˈbakdaʊnˈbækdaʊn An act of backing down. ministers have avoided sounding triumphal about the association's backdown Example sentencesExamples - Does this backdown demonstrate a newfound respect for our liberties?
- I'd expect a partial backdown on the university attack in the face of unanimous opposition by the Vice-Chancellors.
- It was a dramatic and embarrassing backdown for the Defence Department Secretary.
- It is a very big step and a humiliating backdown.
- A backdown would pose a dilemma for at least two Democrats senators.
- The union backdown followed a December 13 ruling by the High Court that the strike was illegal.
- What is the Commission doing now that its backdown on disclosure was being strongly questioned by independent legal experts?
- He described the backdown as a step in the right direction.
- The end result is a complete backdown: his regular column in the paper's Metro section will be reinstated and he's also been offered a wider role writing for other parts of the paper.
- The company is refusing to negotiate, with one executive telling the Washington Post that if it made any backdown, ‘our shareholders will be angry’.
- A number of last year's announced policies were followed by public outrage and a government backdown.
- The backdown followed a series of protests by people in rural and regional communities.
- After Saturday's first public sign of a backdown, the director has confirmed that talks have resumed.
- This is not a backdown or any of that stuff; it's a clarification of the position.
- Today's backdown is a vote of no-confidence in the Employment Advocate by his new minister.
- Labor says the Prime Minister's been forced into an embarrassing backdown, labelling it a victory for commonsense.
- It's unquestionably a backdown from full legalisation - but its also unquestionably an improvement all the same.
- Port workers in Madras who spoke to our reporters were angry at the union backdown.
- The backdown provoked an immediate angry reaction from employers.
- The union backdown came only days after leading officials reaffirmed they would never agree to the plan to axe more that 3,500 jobs - almost 20 percent of the company's workforce.
Synonyms climbdown, retraction, concession, about-face, u-turn, rowback
Definition of backdown in US English: backdownnounˈbakdounˈbækdaʊn An act of backing down. ministers have avoided sounding triumphal about the association's backdown Example sentencesExamples - Port workers in Madras who spoke to our reporters were angry at the union backdown.
- The backdown followed a series of protests by people in rural and regional communities.
- A number of last year's announced policies were followed by public outrage and a government backdown.
- He described the backdown as a step in the right direction.
- The backdown provoked an immediate angry reaction from employers.
- Labor says the Prime Minister's been forced into an embarrassing backdown, labelling it a victory for commonsense.
- The union backdown followed a December 13 ruling by the High Court that the strike was illegal.
- It is a very big step and a humiliating backdown.
- I'd expect a partial backdown on the university attack in the face of unanimous opposition by the Vice-Chancellors.
- It was a dramatic and embarrassing backdown for the Defence Department Secretary.
- After Saturday's first public sign of a backdown, the director has confirmed that talks have resumed.
- The company is refusing to negotiate, with one executive telling the Washington Post that if it made any backdown, ‘our shareholders will be angry’.
- It's unquestionably a backdown from full legalisation - but its also unquestionably an improvement all the same.
- This is not a backdown or any of that stuff; it's a clarification of the position.
- What is the Commission doing now that its backdown on disclosure was being strongly questioned by independent legal experts?
- A backdown would pose a dilemma for at least two Democrats senators.
- Does this backdown demonstrate a newfound respect for our liberties?
- The end result is a complete backdown: his regular column in the paper's Metro section will be reinstated and he's also been offered a wider role writing for other parts of the paper.
- Today's backdown is a vote of no-confidence in the Employment Advocate by his new minister.
- The union backdown came only days after leading officials reaffirmed they would never agree to the plan to axe more that 3,500 jobs - almost 20 percent of the company's workforce.
Synonyms climbdown, retraction, concession, about-face, u-turn, rowback
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