"climbdown" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From climb + down.",
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          "ref": "2009 June 26, Kate Murphy, “Texas cricket mogul pleads not guilty to fraud”, in The Age:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown."
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          "retreat"
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          "withdrawal",
          "withdrawal"
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          "position",
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        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
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          "backdown",
          "backdown"
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        {
          "word": "climb-down"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "retreat",
          "word": "perääntyminen"
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  "word": "climbdown"
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