Thursdays 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. — Texas cricket mogul pleads not guilty to fraud by Kate Murphy, The Age, June 26 2009
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climbdown — noun see climb down … New Collegiate Dictionary
climbdown — see climb down … English dictionary
climbdown — n. backdown, change of opinion, withdrawal from a previously held position; act of admitting one was wrong … English contemporary dictionary
climbdown — noun a withdrawal from a position taken up in argument or negotiation … English new terms dictionary
climbdown — … Useful english dictionary
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climb down — intransitive verb Date: 1864 back down • climbdown noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
