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Translate backdown from English to German

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back down:
- Segel aufziehen
Wiktionary:
- backdown → Rückzieher

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Detailed Translations for backdown from English to German

backdown:

Translation Matrix for backdown:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	climb-down; withdrawal

Synonyms for "backdown":

withdrawal; climb-down; retraction; abjuration; recantation

Related Definitions for "backdown":

a retraction of a previously held position¹

Wiktionary Translations for backdown:

backdown

noun

(umgangssprachlich) das Zurückziehen von angekündigten Handlungen oder gemachten Versprechungen, Forderungen und Behauptungen oder das Zurückschrecken vor deren Konsequenzen
- Rückzieher → climbdown; climb-down; backdown

back down:

back down verb

back down (back out; climb down)
Segel aufziehen
- Segel aufziehen verb

Translation Matrix for back down:

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
Segel aufziehen	back down; back out; climb down
-	back off; back up; bow out; chicken out; pull out

Synonyms for "back down":

back up; back off; withdraw; retreat; pull away; draw back; recede; pull back; retire; move back
chicken out; pull out; bow out

Related Definitions for "back down":

move backwards from a certain position¹
- The bully had to back down¹
remove oneself from an obligation¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University