CLIMBDOWN


Meaning of CLIMBDOWN in English

/ ˈklaɪmdaʊn; NAmE / noun

( BrE ) an act of admitting that you were wrong, or of changing your position in an argument :

The Chancellor was forced into a humiliating climbdown on his economic policies.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.