Back down
Back down verb - To break a promise or agreement.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- comply and back down
- comply and relenting
- acquiesce and back down
- acquiesce and relenting
- yield and back down
- yield and relenting
- give up and back down
- give up and relenting
- relent and back down
- relent and relenting
- accede and back down
- accede and relenting
- give in and back down
- give in and relenting
Both terms in one sentence
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You can gain the strength of the archetypal Warrior only by never relenting, even when tact or sanity say you should back down.
Source: Tabletop Game / Unknown Armies
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