Explore Climbdown through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Climbdown in a sentence
Climbdown meaning
A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
Using Climbdown
- The main meaning on this page is: A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
Context around Climbdown
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Climbdown
- In this selection, "climbdown" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, spectacular, rapid, shooting, business and comes stand out and add context to how "climbdown" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a government climbdown and a rapid climbdown. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "climbdown" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with climbdown
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ndiweni in Mnangagwa climbdown - Business Daily News Zimbabwe Eskom confirms Zimbabwe paid back the money. (15 words)
But in a spectacular climbdown, the Scottish Government took back all mobile phones on July 31. (16 words)
Bird shooting climbdown as Michael Gove is forced to cave into Tory MPs furious at plan to stop farmers from. (20 words)
This month’s dramatic escalation, which kicked off with an apparent Israeli airstrike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus, followed by a largely foiled Iranian attack of over 300 airborne weapons on Israel, seems to have given way to a rapid climbdown. (42 words)
The Macron administration will hope to avoid a repeat of the country's general strike over pension reforms in 1995, which crippled the transport system for three weeks and drew massive popular support, forcing a government climbdown. (37 words)
Mr Corbyn's climbdown comes less than 48 hours after Labour's deputy leader, Tom Watson, demanded an end to the investigation and warned that the party faced "eternal shame" over anti-Semitism. (33 words)
Example sentences (10)
But in a spectacular climbdown, the Scottish Government took back all mobile phones on July 31.
Norris then backtracked in his press commitments on Thursday, a climbdown that invited the impression that he had yielded a psychological advantage to the 26-year-old Dutchman.
Some in the Maldives see the replacement of troops by civilians as a climbdown by Mr Muizzu after his high-voltage 'India Out' campaign.
This month’s dramatic escalation, which kicked off with an apparent Israeli airstrike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus, followed by a largely foiled Iranian attack of over 300 airborne weapons on Israel, seems to have given way to a rapid climbdown.
Bird shooting climbdown as Michael Gove is forced to cave into Tory MPs furious at plan to stop farmers from.
Ndiweni in Mnangagwa climbdown - Business Daily News Zimbabwe Eskom confirms Zimbabwe paid back the money.
The Macron administration will hope to avoid a repeat of the country's general strike over pension reforms in 1995, which crippled the transport system for three weeks and drew massive popular support, forcing a government climbdown.
It is important for both the government and the RBI to resist the temptation of portraying the boardroom developments as a victory or a climbdown.
Mr Corbyn's climbdown comes less than 48 hours after Labour's deputy leader, Tom Watson, demanded an end to the investigation and warned that the party faced "eternal shame" over anti-Semitism.
When the Hungarian government moved against CEU last year, saying it violated Hungarian law, in Budapest and howls of indignation from foreign capitals prompted a rare climbdown from Orbán.