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climbdown

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From climb + down.

noun climbdowns · climb-down

  1. figuratively A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown. 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.

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noun retreat

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"climbdown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/climbdown. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{climbdown_2026,
  title = {climbdown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/climbdown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}