Back down
Back down verb - To break a promise or agreement.
Usage example: if you back down about dinner again, I'm not going to agree to another date
Follow through is an antonym for back down.
Follow through
Follow through verb - Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue.
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Synonyms for Follow through
Back down is an antonym for follow through.
Both terms in one sentence
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In the second Codex Alera book, Academ's Fury, Tavi holds a dagger to his own throat in order to make the Canim ambassador Varg back down, citing exactly what would happen if he (as one acting in the First Lord's name) should follow through on his threat.
Source: Stop, or I Shoot Myself!
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