back down

So Miller, still attached to his rope, went back down to fix the problem, Evans said.

In the Puck interview, Michaels implied the show wasn’t going to back down, and when he was asked whether political comedy will be tougher in the current climate, Michaels said no.

There it was again, the feeling of being lifted gently off the floor and set back down as she said my name.

What's more, their congressional leaders provoked the ire of left-wing activists for backing down during the last budget bout in March.

“My words were twisted, and my career was targeted,” she wrote, “but I didn’t back down.”