as in to back out
to break a promise or agreement
if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
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Rohan Nadkarni With the Vikings threatening to go up three scores, 49ers’ linebacker Fred Warner picked off his former teammate Sam Darnold to give San Francisco the ball back down 10.
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NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
The inflation reports indicate that the battle to bring inflation back down to 2% isn’t exactly over, but things are at least moving in the right direction.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024
However, after Romania’s appeal, the CAS found that Team USA’s appeal came after one minute and four seconds — coaches have one minute to appeal a score after judging — and thus the CAS voided Team USA’s appeal and dropped Chiles’ score back down to 13.666 and fifth place.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
The past few days, for example, have featured wildfires that have run up and over mountains; backed down hills and into communities; and manufactured their own weather, complete with towering clouds of smoke and ash that produced thousands of lightning strikes.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
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NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
The inflation reports indicate that the battle to bring inflation back down to 2% isn’t exactly over, but things are at least moving in the right direction.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024
However, after Romania’s appeal, the CAS found that Team USA’s appeal came after one minute and four seconds — coaches have one minute to appeal a score after judging — and thus the CAS voided Team USA’s appeal and dropped Chiles’ score back down to 13.666 and fifth place.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
The past few days, for example, have featured wildfires that have run up and over mountains; backed down hills and into communities; and manufactured their own weather, complete with towering clouds of smoke and ash that produced thousands of lightning strikes.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
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