Climbdown

Word CLIMBDOWN
Character 9
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Definitions and meanings of "Climbdown"

What do we mean by climbdown?

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

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The word "climbdown" in example sentences

Maybe that might be enough to "invigorate their support for the European project", but one cannot help feeling that this is one hell of a climbdown from the aspirations of the founding fathers. ❋ Richard (2006)

The press hysteria, or pressteria, is due mainly to ignorance, due, in turn, to laziness, plus a preference for a scary story that has a happy ending - the "climbdown" - and may run on Page 1 or lead the news. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The climbdown is a blow to the reputation of the party's economic spokesman ❋ Unknown (2009)

But Josie Appleton, director of the Manifesto Club, which campaigns against over-regulation, labelled the climbdown 'a sham '. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, as the "climbdown" was celebrated by civil liberties advocates and the plan was ❋ Unknown (2010)

Condemning the chief minister for the 'climbdown' on the cabinet decision, Shiv Sena said Chavan had devalued the CM's post. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"First you raise a false story, then you get it denied - and after that you claim victory for a 'climbdown'." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ed Balls has announced a 'climbdown' in response to the independent review of the scheme and the outrage it has prompted from parents, teachers, schools, educational bodies and various organisations working with children. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sources said there were two reasons for what was being acknowledged as a "climbdown" on Bhagwat's part by his own acolytes in the BJP. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For Mr. Singh, 79 years old, the climbdown could further erode his credibility after a year when his government has been tainted by a series of scandals and accusations by opposition parties of mismanagement. ❋ Megha Bahree (2011)

Time Warner's climbdown on this one is hilarious -- they say that they have to abandon caps until they can "educate" their customers (presumably it takes a lot of education to convince people to let your ISP clobber your participation in digital life to turn a buck). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The US, Britain, France and Turkey agreed to put the three-pronged offensive – a no-fly zone, an arms embargo, and air strikes – under a Nato command umbrella, in a climbdown by France that accommodates strong Turkish complaints about the scope and control of the campaign. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Not so much because of the UK government's climbdown yesterday on making ID cards compulsory for pilots and airside workers at Manchester and London City airports, but because the Labour Party are unlikely to be in government long enough to implement it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Senior officials and diplomats in Brussels confirmed that the IMF threat to pull the plug on its funding, in stark contrast to the more emollient line of Strauss-Kahn, had been defused because of a German climbdown. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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