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- noun A
retreat orwithdrawal from an earlierposition oropinion ; abackdown or backing down.
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Examples
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Maybe that might be enough to "invigorate their support for the European project", but one cannot help feeling that this is one hell of a climbdown from the aspirations of the founding fathers.
One hell of a climbdown Richard 2006
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The press hysteria, or pressteria, is due mainly to ignorance, due, in turn, to laziness, plus a preference for a scary story that has a happy ending - the "climbdown" - and may run on Page 1 or lead the news.
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The climbdown is a blow to the reputation of the party's economic spokesman
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But Josie Appleton, director of the Manifesto Club, which campaigns against over-regulation, labelled the climbdown 'a sham '.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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However, as the "climbdown" was celebrated by civil liberties advocates and the plan was
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However, as the "climbdown" was celebrated by civil liberties advocates and the plan was
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However, as the "climbdown" was celebrated by civil liberties advocates and the plan was
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However, as the "climbdown" was celebrated by civil liberties advocates and the plan was
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However, as the "climbdown" was celebrated by civil liberties advocates and the plan was
Discussion Forum - Geeks! Sean Britannia 2010
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However, as the "climbdown" was celebrated by civil liberties advocates and the plan was
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