Examples of back down in a Sentence
if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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Advertisement The board eventually backed down, under a judge’s order.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
The court sent the cases back down to the lower courts to reconsider.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 1 July 2024
In the face of anti-LGBTQ backlash threatening companies’ bottom line, several household brands have backed down in their support of inclusivity.
—Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 29 June 2024
Since neither side seems prepared to back down, the Supreme Court eventually weighing in seems inevitable.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 28 June 2024
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
The court sent the cases back down to the lower courts to reconsider.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 1 July 2024
In the face of anti-LGBTQ backlash threatening companies’ bottom line, several household brands have backed down in their support of inclusivity.
—Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 29 June 2024
Since neither side seems prepared to back down, the Supreme Court eventually weighing in seems inevitable.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 28 June 2024
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“Back down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20down. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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