CLIMB-DOWN: Meaning and related words

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climb-down: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
climb-down: Collins English Dictionary
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climb-down: Wordnik
climb-down: Wiktionary
climb-down: Infoplease Dictionary
climb-down: Dictionary.com
climb-down: Rhymezone
climb-down: FreeDictionary.org
climb-down: Mnemonic Dictionary
climb-down: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun: Alternative form of climb down [(idiomatic, sometimes hyphenated) An abandonment, withdrawal from, or softening of a previously expressed opinion, policy, argument, etc.]

Opposite:

escalation, increase, rise, upsurge

Types:

retraction, recantation, withdrawal, resignation, more...

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