Usually means: Withdraw from a position held.
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  1. back down: Merriam-Webster
  2. back down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. back down: Collins English Dictionary
  4. back down: Vocabulary.com
  5. back-down: Wordnik
  6. back down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. back down: Wiktionary
  8. back down: Dictionary.com
  9. back/down: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Back Down: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. back down: Rhymezone
  12. back down: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. back down: Phrasal Verb Page
  14. back down: FreeDictionary.org
  15. back down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. back down: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. back down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  18. back down: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. back down: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. back down: Encyclopedia

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  1. back down: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (back down)

verb:  (idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have.
verb:  (idiomatic) To withdraw from a commitment or position; back out.

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