backdown
IPA: bˈækdaʊn
noun
- An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
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Examples of "backdown" in Sentences
- The Buy American clause and the ensuing "backdown" by Congress meant nothing.
- As an author living in Australia I despaired at the recent govt backdown on book imports.
- But the backdown was a costly one, which Senator Brown was seeking a treasury briefing on, he said.
- But Ms Robinson says she welcomed the rebate and the backdown is a sign Labor has renegaded on a 2007 election commitment to create an exploration incentive.
- The backdown is a tacit admission the free-to-air networks bungled their first attempt to pitch digital free-to-air TV to national consumers when they launched the Freeview brand in November.
- But this August has been bad for the Obama administration primarily because the liberal knives have finally come out for him, with the maraschino cherry on top being the backdown on ozone regulations at month's end.
- Tony Abbott slams 'backdown' as Julia Gillard proposes 50-50 hospital deal JULIA Gillard is offering states a 50/50 split in paying for public hospital cost increases as she strips back the complex funding reforms attempted by her predecessor Kevin Rudd.
- Recent legislation improving the status and rights of women led to protests and demonstrations in Bamako; the government was criticised for being pushed into even these very modest measures by donors and was forced to backdown and withdraw the legislation.
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