Saying she was wrong was a difficult climbdown for Alex.
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Climbdown
Synonyms for "climbdown"
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Translations
2 translations across 2 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- perääntyminen noun (retreat)
German
1 entries- Zurückrudern noun (retreat)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
There will be “a cost” to the government’s climbdown on welfare changes at the budget, one of Keir Starmer’s senior ministers has said, as a leading fiscal thinktank said new tax rises appeared increasingly likely.
Source: wiktionary
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