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back down

VERB
back off
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abandon admit back off back out backtrack balk cancel cave in concede give in give up pull back pull out renege retreat surrender take back withdraw
WEAK
accede acquiesce back pedal beg off bow out chicken out cop out demur give ground go back on have no fight left hold back recant recoil resign submit wimp out withdraw from agreement or statement yield
Antonyms
STRONGEST
advance allow dispute dissent fight permit refuse reject uphold
WEAK
go forward

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The club's hierarchy explained that doing so could prompt academy prospect Josh Acheampong to request a transfer, which ultimately led Maresca to back down.

From BBC

The hierarchy explained that doing so could prompt promising academy prospect Josh Acheampong to request a transfer, which ultimately led Maresca to back down.

From BBC

And then we drove home, back down the snowy shoulders of the mountains.

From The Wall Street Journal

"As the planet gets hotter, rocks weather faster and take up more CO2, cooling the planet back down again," said Andy Ridgwell, a UC Riverside geologist and co-author of the study published in Science.

From Science Daily

Some economists say the jobless rate is likely to come back down in December.

From MarketWatch

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.