back down

"We are not going to back down until he is impeached… we will march on until our democracy finally triumphs over this madness done by this crazy president."

The bulbs will be lit up throughout the Christmas period until 6 January, when the decorations will be taken back down and put into storage boxes for next year.

Many reform movement leaders and progressive prosecutors, however, have shown no signs of backing down.

After all that, the volunteers turn out again for another eight to 10 weekends — depending on the weather — to take the lights back down.

For the moment, neither Assad nor his allies show signs of backing down.