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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  back down
       v 1: move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to
            back down" [syn: back up, back off]
       2: remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he
          heard how much work was involved" [syn: chicken out, back
          off, pull out, bow out]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  back down
     Αγγλικά vb.
     υποχωρώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  back down
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict
  than one previously has or has planned to.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  back down
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict
  than one previously has or has planned to.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  back down
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict
  than one previously has or has planned to.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  back down
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict
  than one previously has or has planned to.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  back down
     Englanti vb.
     antaa periksi

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  back down /bˈak dˈaʊn/
   [id] vzdát se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  back down /bˈak dˈaʊn/
   [id] netrvat na čem

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  back down /bˈak dˈaʊn/
  klein beigeben 
     Synonym: come to heel
  
   see: backing down, coming to heel, backed down
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  back down /bˈak dˈaʊn/
  nachgeben  [bei etw.]
     Synonym: back down (on sth.).
  
           Note: from sth.

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  back down /bˈak dˈaʊn/ 
  perääntyä
  to take less aggressive position

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  back down /bˈak dˈaʊn/
  atsitraukti

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  back down /bˈak dˈaʊn/
  desistir

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  back down /bˈak dˈaʊn/ 
  ge med, vika
  to take less aggressive position

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "back down":
     abjure, back off, back out, backpedal, backtrack, backwater,
     balance, balk, beat a retreat, beg off, break off combat, cave in,
     cease resistance, climb down, crawfish out, cry off, debate,
     deliberate, demur, deny, disavow, disclaim, disengage, disown,
     draw back, draw off, eat crow, eat humble pie, fall back, falter,
     fear, forswear, give ground, give in, give place, give up,
     give way, go back, go back on, hang back, hem and haw, hesitate,
     hold back, hover, hum and haw, jib, move back, pause, ponder,
     pull back, pull out, quit the field, recall, recant, renege,
     renounce, repudiate, resile, retire, retract, retreat, revoke,
     run back, scruple, shilly-shally, shy, stand back, stick at,
     stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain at, swallow,
     take back, think twice about, unsay, weasel out, welsh, withdraw,
     yield
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     放弃,撤诉,食言,打退堂鼓

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