BACK DOWN

Meaning of BACK DOWN in English

concede defeat.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

BACK DOWN — intransitive verb Date: 1849 to withdraw from a commitment or position
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BACK DOWN — intransitive verb : to retreat or withdraw from a previous commitment, position, or claim wished he had not undertaken the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK DOWN — give up, give in, withdraw
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BACK DOWN — Date: 1849 : to withdraw from a commitment or position
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BACK DOWN — Function: intransitive verb Date: 1849 : to withdraw from a commitment or position
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BACK DOWN — [back down] vi (1849): to withdraw from a commitment or position
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BACK DOWN — back down phrasal verb ( see also ↑ back ) to admit that you are wrong or that you have …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BACK DOWN — If you back down , you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK DOWN — If you ~, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BACK DOWN — Synonyms and related words : abjure, back off, back out, backpedal, backtrack, backwater, balance, balk, beat a retreat, beg off, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACK DOWN — = back off {v.}, {informal} To give up a claim; not follow up a threat. * /Bill said he could …
Slang English vocab
BACK DOWN — Function: verb to withdraw from a previous agreement or stand FF1C; a politician backing down on an earlier promise FF1E; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BACK DOWN — verb to withdraw from a previous agreement or stand a politician backing down on an earlier promise Synonyms: back off, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACK DOWN — See ↑ ACCEPT 4
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK DOWN — GIVE IN, concede defeat, surrender, yield, submit, climb down, concede, reconsider; backtrack, back-pedal. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACK DOWN — v. ( D ; intr. ) to ~ from (they had to ~ from their demands)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
BACK DOWN — yield, not challenge, not stand up to Ole won't back down from you. He's ready to fight.
English Idioms vocab
BACK DOWN — yield, not challenge, not stand up to Ole won't back down from you. He's ready to fight.
English Idioms vocabulary
BACK DOWN — v. , informal To give up a claim; not follow up a threat. Bill said he could beat Ted, but …
American Idioms English vocabulary
BACK DOWN — 1) спускаться, отступать пятясь You'll have to back down carefully, the ladder is not steady. ≈ Вы должны осторожно спускаться …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BACK DOWN — Направляться
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BACK DOWN — phr v 1. отступать 2. отступаться; отказываться ( от своей претензии и т. п. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BACK DOWN — 1) спускаться, отступать пятясь You'll have to back down carefully, the ladder is not steady. — Вы должны осторожно спускаться …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BACK DOWN — phr v 1. отступать 2. отступаться; отказываться ( от своей претензии и т. п. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BACK DOWN — phr v 1. отступать 2. отступаться; отказываться ( от своей претензии и т. п. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BACK DOWN — отступать, отступаться, отказываться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BACK DOWN — отступать, отступаться, отказываться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BACK DOWN — 1) спускаться, отступать пятясь You'll have to back down carefully, the ladder is not steady. — Вы должны осторожно спускаться …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BACK DOWN — 1) спускаться, отступать пятясь You'll have to back down carefully, the ladder is not steady. — Вы должны осторожно спускаться - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BACK DOWN — спускаться, отступать пятясь; you'll have to back down carefully, the ladder is not steady - вы должны осторожно спускаться - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BACK DOWN — спускаться, отступать пятясь; you'll have to back down carefully, the ladder is not steady - вы должны осторожно спускаться - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BACK DOWN — отказываться от (чего-либо) спускаться, отступать пятясь уступать, сдаваться, ретироваться
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BACK DOWN — отказываться
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
BACK DOWN — отступить; сдаться
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
BACK DOWN — отступить; сдаться
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
BACK DOWN — 1) спускаться, отступать пятясь You'll have to back down carefully, the ladder is not steady. ≈ Вы должны осторожно спускаться …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Slang English vocab
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — See ↑ BACK 1,3,6, ↑ GAMBLING 1, ↑ REACT 2, ↑ RETURN 1, ↑ SUPPORT 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — INDEX: back/backwards 1. moving backwards 2. to move backwards 3. to make a vehicle go backwards the back of something …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — v. 1 invest in, wager or bet on She backed a 35-to-2 long shot in the Derby, and she won …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Concise Oxford English vocab

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