noun
climbdown
Climbdown (noun) means a change of mind in which someone gives up a position or opinion they held before.
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A change of mind in which someone gives up a position or opinion they held before.
"Thursday's court appearance as he waited for his case to be heard was a humiliating climbdown for the flamboyant Texan, who sports the clipped mustache and Saville Row style of English aristocracy."
— Kate Murphy, Texas cricket mogul pleads not guilty to fraud (2009)
"There will be “a cost” to the government’s climbdown on welfare changes at the budget, one of Keir Starmer’s senior ministers has said, as a leading fiscal thinktank said new tax rises appeared increasingly likely."
— Peter Walker, Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says senior minister (2025)
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Etymology
Formed from climb and down.
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"climbdown" (noun) means a change of mind in which someone gives up a position or opinion they held before.
