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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

climbdown

Part of Speechnoun

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

In a Sentence

“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. — Texas cricket mogul pleads not guilty to fraud by Kate Murphy, The Age, June 26 2009”

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Common Phrases

. climbdownover climbdownclimbdown humiliating
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Related Words

humiliatingclimb-downbackdownclimb downretreatbackpedallingbackpedalingretreating

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