Backdown
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Backdown — Infobox Film name = Backdown caption = director = producer = writer = narrator = starring = Omarion Marques Houston J Boog Lil Fizz music = cinematography = editing = distributor = Screen Gems released = Late 2008 Early 2009 runtime = country =… … Wikipedia
backdown — [ bækdaʊn] (D; intr.) to backdown from (they had to backdown from their demands) … Combinatory dictionary
backdown — /ˈbækdaʊn/ (say bakdown) noun the withdrawal of an earlier claim or demand: *the return to work was not a backdown, although the AWU had originally wanted up to 80 new maintenance positions provided. –herald, 1990 …
backdown — /bak down /, n. a withdrawal from a previously held position, esp. in the face of superior power or upon further consideration. [1860 65, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase back down] * * * … Universalium
backdown — noun An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal … Wiktionary
backdown — n. giving up; withdrawal from a previously held position; complete surrender … English contemporary dictionary
backdown — noun a retraction of a previously held position • Syn: ↑withdrawal, ↑climb down • Derivationally related forms: ↑back down, ↑withdraw (for: ↑withdrawal) • Hyp … Useful english dictionary
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