BACK DOWN

Meaning of BACK DOWN in English

yield, not challenge, not stand up to

Ole won't back down from you. He's ready to fight.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

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 — concede defeat. → back
Concise Oxford English vocab
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 — 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
BACK
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
BACK
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
BACK
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
BACK
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
BACK
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
BACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN
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

English Idioms vocabulary

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