Read full poem →happy to see how nice she acted right up to
the last minute coming back down by the Public
Gardens i slammed on
Dictionary Entry
To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.
In a Sentence
“I was about to sue them, but I had to back down.”
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Poetry examples for “back down”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →At the church on the hill-side--
And then come back down.
Singing: "There dwells a loved one,
Read full poem →Leap up, like that, like that, and land so lightly
And roll back down the mound beside the hole.
I thought, Who is that man? I didn't know you.
Read full poem →Leap up, like that, like that, and land so lightly
And roll back down the mound beside the hole.
I thought, Who is that man? I didn't know you.