CLIMBING DOWN Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

climbing down

verb

present participle of climb down

as in backing down

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Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter isn’t backing down after the WNBA team ejected former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom from Sunday’s game against the Indiana Fever.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
With neither side backing down, Cancian expects the conflict will drag on well past the midterm elections in November.

— Steve Walsh, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026

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Aledo has a record 12 state championships and hadn’t gone two consecutive years without a title appearance since the 2009 season, before falling in the state semifinals last season and reaching the state quarterfinals in 2024 before bowing out.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026
He was brought in to get England over the line in this type of situation, but his negative tactics contributed to the team bowing out yet again.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Definition of bowing out

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climbing (aboard)

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