āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
back down
/bËak dËaĘn/
to back down
[phrase form: back]
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻāĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to physically move backward from a particular position or place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The cat climbed the tree but then had to back down when it could n't go further.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
1.1
āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻž
to admit defeat and retreat from a position or claim when met with resistance or pressure
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The teacher did n't back down from enforcing the classroom rules.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻĒāĻž āĻšāĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
