Back down


Synonyms for back down
verb back off

balk
renege
backtrack
take back
cancel
concede
back out
admit
withdraw
abandon

pull out
back off
surrender
retreat
give in
accede
acquiesce
bow out
chicken out
cop out

demur
hold back
recant
recoil
resign
submit
yield
cave in
pull back
give up

back pedal
beg off
give ground
go back on
have no fight left
wimp out
withdraw from agreement or statement

Antonyms for back down

permit
uphold
dispute
dissent

refuse
reject
allow
fight

advance
go forward

Usage Notes

Although some object to their use, the phrases in back of and the shorter—and much older—back of with the meaning “behind” are fully established as standard in American English: The car was parked (in) back of the house. Both phrases occur in all types of speech and writing.

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