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Defender on the floor, stop attacking
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back down
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in figurative sense of "withdraw a charge," 1859, American English, from notion of descending a ladder, etc.; from back (v.) + down (adv.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down" [syn: back up , back off ] remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved" [syn: chicken out , back off , pull out , bow out ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context idiomatic English) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Back Down may refer to: "Back Down", a song by 50 Cent from the album Get Rich or Die Tryin ' "Back Down", a song by Sugababes from the album Change
Usage examples of back down.
Third, Bruno himself stuck in said inn for the rest of the day while his passenger goes off with a young Austrian witness to pursue his investigations -finally cracks up under the dour cloud of graceless silence and the glares of loathing lasered his way by the locals, and finally freaks out completely at a cafe where he and Zen stop on the way back down the mountain, screaming action ably offensive abuse at the stocky, stolid Teutonic blockheads who have made his life and those of all his fellow recruits a misery for months on end.