backdown <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">backs</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span>, present participle backing <span class="searchmatch">down</span>, simple past and past participle <span class="searchmatch">backed</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span>) (idiomatic...
<span class="searchmatch">backed</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">backs</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span> backdowns...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span> From <span class="searchmatch">back</span> + <span class="searchmatch">down</span>. backdown (plural backdowns) An act of backing <span class="searchmatch">down</span>; a retraction or withdrawal....
backing <span class="searchmatch">down</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span>...
sudden return to seriousness or reality. bring someone <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span> to earth with a bump come <span class="searchmatch">down</span> to earth with a bump Translations with a bang “with a bump”...
or to confine within set limits. Coordinate terms: hold <span class="searchmatch">back</span>, hold <span class="searchmatch">down</span>, hold off, set <span class="searchmatch">back</span> 1978 February 4, Eric Rogers, “Men And Child Care”, in Gay...
into it. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see <span class="searchmatch">back</span>, into. I like to <span class="searchmatch">back</span> into parking spots. <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span> <span class="searchmatch">back</span> off <span class="searchmatch">back</span> out <span class="searchmatch">back</span> up botanick...
insurance, have <span class="searchmatch">backed</span> off. (idiomatic) To lower the setting of. Synonyms: dial <span class="searchmatch">back</span>, turn <span class="searchmatch">down</span> Coordinate term: <span class="searchmatch">back</span> out Could you <span class="searchmatch">back</span> off the volume...
From re- + descendre (“to descend/go <span class="searchmatch">down</span>”). IPA(key): /ʁə.de.sɑ̃dʁ/ redescendre to come <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span>, to go <span class="searchmatch">back</span> <span class="searchmatch">down</span> (to descend shortly after having gone...