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RELATED WORDS : answer back back back and fill back and forth back away back brace back breaker back burner back channel back circle back country back door back end back entrance back exercise back fire back judge back matter back number back of beyond back off back out back pack back porch back room back saw back scratching back seat back stairs back street back talk back to back back tooth back up back way bargain down batten down bear down bear down on bear down upon beat back beat down bed down belt down blow down bog down boil down bolt down bounce back bow down bowed down break down break one's back bring back bring down broken down brush down buckle down bunk down burn down buy back call back call down calm down camp down carry back cascade down cast down ceding back choke back choke down chop down clamp down clamp down on climb down close down come back come back at come down come down on coming back cool down count down crack down crack down on cut back cut down dash down date back deep down die back die down doss down double back down down at the heel down easter down feather down in the mouth down pat down payment down quark down syndrome down the drain down the stairs down town down under drag down draw back dress down dressing down drink down drive back drop back drop down duck down dwindle down ebb down face down fall back fall down fat back feed back fight back fight down flag down flanker back flap down flash back flump down flush down force back freeze down from way back garbage down get back get back at get down give back go back go back on go back over go down go down on goose down grind down gun down hampshire down hand down handed down hands down hang back hanging down hark back have down hold back hold down hoot down hose down hunker down hunkered down hunt down john l. h. down jot down jumping up and down keep back keep down kick back kick down kip down knock back knock down knuckle down lay down lay down the law lean back let down letting down lie down live down load down loaded down look back look down on look down upon low down mark down melt down move back move back and forth mow down nail down narrow down pare down pat on the back pay back paying back peg down pin down pipe down place down plank down play back play down plonk down plump down plunk down pour down press down press down on pull back pull down push back push down put back put down quiet down rain down ram down ratchet down rattle down rear back relation back remain down roll back roll down rope down round down rub down run down running back sag down scale down send back send down set back set down settle down shake down shoot down shout down shower down shrink back shut down simmer down sink back sit back sit down sit down strike sit down with sleek down slick down slide back slide down slim down slip back slow down slowing down sluice down snap back split down sponge down stamp down stand back stand down stare down steady down step down stepping down strike back strike down strip down swan's down swill down swoop down upon take back take down take lying down talk back talk down tamp down tear down tearing down think back throw back throw down thrust back thumbs down tie down tone down toned down toss back touch down track down tramp down travel back and forth tread down trim back trim down tune down turn back turn down turn thumbs down turn upside down up and down upside down vote down wash down water back water down watered down watteau back wear down weigh down weighed down weight down weighted down whack down whittle down win back wolf down write down written down

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb back down has 2 senses

• back down(v = verb.motion) back off, back up - move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down"
is one way to draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw
Derived form noun backdown₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• back down(v = verb.social) back off, bow out, chicken out, pull out - remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"
is one way to retire, withdraw
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

THESAURUS

back down

abjure, back off, back out, backpedal, backtrack, backwater, balance, balk, beat a retreat, beg off, break off combat, cave in, cease resistance, climb down, crawfish out, cry off, debate, deliberate, demur, deny, disavow, disclaim, disengage, disown, draw back, draw off, eat crow, eat humble pie, fall back, falter, fear, forswear, give ground, give in, give place, give up, give way, go back, go back on, hang back, hem and haw, hesitate, hold back, hover, hum and haw, jib, move back, pause, ponder, pull back, pull out, quit the field, recall, recant, renege, renounce, repudiate, resile, retire, retract, retreat, revoke, run back, scruple, shilly-shally, shy, stand back, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain at, swallow, take back, think twice about, unsay, weasel out, welsh, withdraw, yield

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Regression

VB recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire, retrograde, retrocede, back out, back down, balk, crawfish, crawl, withdraw, rebound, go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back, lose ground, fall astern, drop astern, backwater, put about, backtrack, take the back track, veer round, double, wheel, countermarch, ebb, regurgitate, jib, shrink, shy, turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon, retrace one's steps, dance the back step, sound a retreat, beat a retreat, go home.

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