back down

Synonyymisanakirja

back down

vetäytyä, perääntyä, etääntyä, antaa periksi, luopua, luistaa, laistaa, jättäytyä pois, jänistää.

Englannin sanakirja

back down (englanti > suomi)

1. perääntyä

back down englanniksi

1. puhekieltä To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.

I was about to sue them, but I had to back down.

I was going to sue them, but now Im going to have to back down.''

2. 2013 June 18, w:Simon Romero|Simon Romero, "http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/world/americas/brazilian-leaders-brace-for-more-protests.html Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”

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