climbdown

See also: climb-down and climb down

English

Alternative forms

• climb-down

Etymology

From climb +‎ down.

Noun

climbdown (plural climbdowns)

1. A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
   • 2009 June 26, Kate Murphy, “Texas cricket mogul pleads not guilty to fraud”, in The Age:

     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.

Translations

retreat

• Finnish: perääntyminen (fi)

Anagrams

• downclimb