climbdown

See also: climb-down and climb down

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climb +‎ down

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climbdown (plural climbdowns)

  1. A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
    • 2009 June 26, Kate Murphy, “Texas cricket mogul pleads not guilty to fraud”, in The Age:
      Thursday's court appearance as he waited for his case to be heard was a humiliating climbdown for the flamboyant Texan, who sports the clipped mustache and Saville Row style of English aristocracy.

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