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English
Etymology
From climb + down.
Noun
climbdown (plural climbdowns)
- (figurative) A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
2009 June 26, Kate Murphy, “Texas cricket mogul pleads not guilty to fraud”, in The Age:Thursday's court appearance as he waited for his case to be heard was a humiliating climbdown for the flamboyant Texan, who sports the clipped mustache and Saville Row style of English aristocracy.
2025 July 2, Peter Walker, “Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says senior minister”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:There will be “a cost” to the government’s climbdown on welfare changes at the budget, one of Keir Starmer’s senior ministers has said, as a leading fiscal thinktank said new tax rises appeared increasingly likely.
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