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- noun Plural form of
backdown .
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Examples
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Once they see Microsoft back down once, they expect backdowns to continue.
THE NEWS BLOG 2005
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Documents obtained by The Weekend Australian reveal he wanted to know details about the timing of any compromise and how to frame the changes politically "as compromises and not backdowns/backflips".
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Shelving the ETS adds to a growing list of backdowns by the government, including permanently scrapping its botched insulation rebate and canning plans for 222 childcare centres.
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Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey believes there will be a series of government backdowns on the RSPT that will pretend "it's a result of pretend consultations".
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But he was absent recently at big embarrassing policy backdowns.
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Shelving the ETS adds to a growing list of backdowns by the government, including permanently scrapping its botched insulation rebate and canning plans for 222 childcare centres.
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The Australian Labor Party is bracing itself for a difficult election year, after internal research identified Prime Minister Rudd's policy failures and backdowns as a bigger moral challenge than dealing with climate change.
Top stories 2010
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The Australian Labor Party is bracing itself for a difficult election year, after internal research identified Prime Minister Rudd's policy failures and backdowns as a bigger moral challenge than dealing with climate change.
Top stories 2010
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After three years of Rudd backdowns and backflips, that can only be a welcome thing.
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The Australian Labor Party is bracing itself for a difficult election year, after internal research identified Prime Minister Rudd's policy failures and backdowns as a bigger moral challenge than dealing with climate change.
Top stories 2010
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