climbdown

See also: climb-down and climb down

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Etymology

From climb +‎ down.

Noun

climbdown (plural climbdowns)

  1. (figurative) 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.
    • 2025 July 2, Peter Walker, “Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says senior minister”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      There will be “a cost” to the government’s climbdown on welfare changes at the budget, one of Keir Starmer’s senior ministers has said, as a leading fiscal thinktank said new tax rises appeared increasingly likely.

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