climb down

verb

climbed down; climbing down; climbs down
Synonyms of climb downnext

intransitive verb

: back down
climbdown
ˈklīm-ˌdau̇n How to pronounce climb down (audio)
noun

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On stage three, the Vuelta partially climbed down, restricting Jons’ access to riders and their entourage and instructing her to tone down the nature of her content. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Reaching it means climbing down the tower steps and padding past other guests’s doors late at night. — Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026 The big buck had trotted by Van Lith’s stand only 12 yards away as the hunter was climbing down. — Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026 Her video showed workers in green vests clinging to the upper portion of the structure during the collapse before eventually climbing down ladders to the ground. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for climb down

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of climb down was in 1864

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