Usually means: Descend from a higher position.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word climb down:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. climb down: Merriam-Webster
  2. climb-down: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. climb-down, climb down: Collins English Dictionary
  4. climb-down, climb down: Vocabulary.com
  5. climb-down: Wordnik
  6. climb down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. climb-down, climb down: Wiktionary
  8. climb-down: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. climb-down, climb down: Dictionary.com
  10. climb-down, climb down: Rhymezone
  11. climb-down, climb down: FreeDictionary.org
  12. climb-down, climb down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. climb-down, climb down: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. climb down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. climb-down: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. climb down: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (climb down)

noun:  (idiomatic, sometimes hyphenated) An abandonment, withdrawal from, or softening of a previously expressed opinion, policy, argument, etc.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see climb, down.
verb:  (idiomatic, sometimes followed by from) To abandon, withdraw from, or soften a previously expressed opinion, argument, etc.

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