backdown
Example Sentences
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Even so, China has warned Japan to backdown.
From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2023
In its backdown, the government was also forced to refund over A$700m of payments to victims.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2023
The government offer amounted to a backdown by New Zealand after officials had earlier insisted that Charlotte Bellis needed to reapply for a spot in the country’s bottlenecked quarantine hotels.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
Gay was wincing after stumbling when a defender backed away from him on a backdown, but did not go to the locker room.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2018
She puts the photo backdown on the nightstand.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
