Back down
Back down verb - To break a promise or agreement.
Die
Both terms in one sentence
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Later, Apple Pie does this to a zombie army by pointing out how they can't be alive and dead at the same time, and should just lie back down and die.
Source: Logic Bomb - Averted in the film adaptation, in which he doesn't die and instead just gets up and walks back down the hill.
Source: A Good Way to Die -
Barbarians and warriors of discord are infamous for doing nothing but — they're strong, but they'll die the moment they hit something they can't take because they never back down.
Source: Video Game / Majesty
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