back down
70 synonyms found
- 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
- demur
- disavow
- disclaim
- disengage
- disown
- draw back
- draw off
- eat crow
- eat humble pie
- fall back
- falter
- 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
- renege
- repudiate
- resile
- retire
- retreat
- 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
- yield
Definition
(v) :
to take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to
"I was about to sue them, but I had to back down."