ˈclimb-down BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular] British English
an occasion when you admit that you were wrong:
a humiliating climb-down by the government
ˈclimb-down BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular] British English
an occasion when you admit that you were wrong:
a humiliating climb-down by the government
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012