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climbdowns

climbdowns is the plural of climbdown.

Meaning of climbdown

Noun

climbdown (plural climbdowns)

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

Questions about climbdowns

What is climbdowns the plural of?
Climbdowns is the plural of climbdown.

Words near climbdowns in the dictionary

  1. climb-outs
  2. climbability
  3. climbable
  4. climbazole
  5. climbdown
  6. climbdowns
  7. climbed
  8. climbed down
  9. climbed into
  10. climbed on the bandwagon
  11. climbed the ladder

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