back down

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BACK DOWN

to break a promise or agreement <if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date>

Synonyms back down, back off, back out, cop out, fink out

Related Words chicken (out), wimp out; backpedal, backtrack; abjure, abnegate, disavow, forswear (also foreswear), recall, recant, repudiate, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw; beg off, cry off [chiefly British]

Near Antonyms adhere (to), follow through (with); comply (with), fulfill (or fulfil), honor, keep, satisfy

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