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to climb down
01
to come down from a higher point or position, often with a careful or controlled manner
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Movement verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
down
Base verb
climb
Present tense
climb down
3rd person singular
climbs down
Present participle
climbing down
Past simple
climbed down
Past participle
climbed down
Examples
After reaching the mountaintop, the climbers had to climb down to the base camp.
02
to move to a different opinion or to admit to one's mistakes
Dialect
British
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