Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A retreat from an earlier position or opinion; a backing down.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Descent; the abandonment of a high position taken on some point or question, when it has been found untenable or unacceptable. [Colloq.]
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a retraction of a previously held position.
- noun the sixty-third year of human life.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
climb down .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a retraction of a previously held position
- verb come down
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Examples
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Prosecutors, however, ended up finding no evidence of any bank accounts, leading Renault to climb-down on its accusations.
Renault Security Agent Gives Name of Espionage Informant Sebastian Moffett 2011
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The MRRT is a climb-down from a previous version of the tax which was vociferously opposed by the country's mining sector, in a campaign which contributed to the internal party revolt against former prime minister Kevin Rudd last year.
Australia's Mining Tax Clears Political Hurdle David Winning 2011
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It's encouraging that the Basel rule makers are considering even a limited climb-down from pushing banks into government bonds, but the whole policy needs revision.
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Nope, Gingrey was just forced into a humiliating climb-down:
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Despite Angela Merkel's climb-down last week, contagion effects have spread across the euro zone, notably to Spain, where bond yields have risen sharply.
Don't Believe These Greek Myths Simon Nixon 2011
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Yet rarely have protests been so bold, or appeared to prompt an official climb-down so quickly, as they did in Dalian.
China Bows to Plant Protesters James T. Areddy 2011
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The climb-down over the payments came after Lloyds and its rivals lost a legal effort two weeks ago to appeal new regulations requiring them to review their PPI sales and contact customers about possible refunds.
U.K. Banks Face Insurance Headache Margot Patrick 2011
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Yesterday's Gitmo climb-down came after the Supreme Court rejected appeals from three Guantanamo detainees challenging their indefinite detention.
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The White House's climb-down on tightening rules for levels of smog-forming ozone, announced Friday, came the same day as dreadful August jobs data.
Obama Burns Gas Drillers On Ozone Liam Denning 2011
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While the application submitted on Sept. 24 by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas remains under consideration in the Council, the French understood that a climb-down to a General Assembly vote granting observer status was the more viable scenario.
At the U.N., a French Twist Jonathan Schanzer 2011
hernesheir commented on the word climb-down
Also climbdown.
May 4, 2010