How To Use Climb-down In A Sentence
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In an embarrassing climb-down, the Home Secretary lifted the deportation threat.
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Sir Gerald dialled, aware that what he had to say would be a climb-down.
THE SCAR
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No, Gareth, your reason's not strong enough for the sort of climb-down it'll require from me.
A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
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The spreading crisis in Greece, however, forced it into a partial climb-down in March, when it said it would keep the minimum rating at triple-B-minus, but would apply larger discounts to paper rated at the lowe
ECB Suspends Rating Limits on Greek Debt
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-- a kindly means of saving faces for those whom he and I were going to "persuade" -- of making the "climb-down" easier for them!
Angels & Ministers
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In what correspondents describe as a rare climb-down, manufacturers will no longer be obliged to equip every computer sold in China with the controversial technology known as Green Dam.
