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 Translation for 'to back down' from English to Polish
SYNO to back down | to back off | to back up | ...
wycofać się [np. zdanie, opinię] [dok.]to back down
Partial Matches
anat.
plecy {pl} [plurale tantum]
back
2
mot.
tylna opona {f}
back tyre
tylne wejście {n}back entrance
odrzucać [np.piłkę] [niedok.]to throw back
odrzucić [np. piłkę] [dok.]to throw back
zool.T
skakun {m} arlekinowy [Salticus scenicus]
zebra (back) spider
odzież
tył na przód
back to front
anat.
zęby {m.pl} trzonowe
back teeth [molars]
pyskować komuś [niedok.]to answer sb.back
na odwrocie {adv}on the back
wyluzowany {adj}laid-back [coll.]
oparcie {n} [krzesła, fotela]back [of seat]
na dół {adv}down
koniec {m} świataback of beyond [Br.] [coll.]
filmF
Kochanku wróć
Lover Come Back [Delbert Mann]
tu na dole {adv}down here
upaść [dok.]to fall down
na dole {adv}down below
upadać [niedok.]to fall down
cichnąć [niedok.]to quieten (down)
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Usage Examples English
  • However, after popular discontent over the decision, President Carlos Menem was forced to back down on the offer.
  • International pressure led the administration to back down, and the following year UPRONA won an overwhelming majority in the legislative elections.
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II was angry at being humiliated and was determined not to back down again, which led to the German involvement in the Second Moroccan Crisis.
  • The Conservatives forced the Liberal Unionists to back down and won the seat in the 1895 United Kingdom general election.
  • Initially arguing on moral and religious grounds, he switched to health hazard tactics, but had to back down in the face of a threatened libel suit.

  • When Parnell travelled to Galway to support O’Shea, Healy was forced to back down.
  • The National Assembly's refusal to back down forced the king to make concessions.
  • Eventually the match was cancelled after Chappell and his supporters refused to back down.
  • and international pressure (including United Nations Security Council Resolution 940 on 31 July 1994), persuaded the military regime to back down and U.S.
  • However, even when the cemetery has the legal right to re-use a grave, strong public opinion often forces the authorities to back down on that re-use.

  • In the story, Jim refuses to back down when a gunman orders him to leave town, and Lucy is distressed because Jim hasn't fired a weapon since he was in the Civil War.
  • The churches worked out their differences with the Ottomans and came to an agreement, but both the French Emperor Napoleon III and the Russian Tsar Nicholas I refused to back down.
  • The government of Lord North was pushed into taking a firmer line because of this, mobilising the navy, and forcing Spain to back down.
  • Romney was forced to back down on Warren and release federal monies to them unconditionally.
  • Refusing to back down, Thomas responded immediately by asking Perino if she knew how many innocent Iraqis had been killed and then questioned the worth of regret when Perino responded that the administration regretted the loss of all innocent Iraqi lives.

  • The campaign was successful in persuading Heath to back down the following year, and the Clyde shipyards received £101million in public support over the following three years.
  • She was willing to back down when sparring with fellow Arabists; T.
  • Once a culture of honour exists in a society, its members find it difficult to make the transition to a culture of law; this requires that people become willing to back down and refuse to immediately retaliate, and from the viewpoint of the culture of honour, the feeling humiliation makes personal restraint extremely difficult as it reflects weakness and appeasement.
  • In 2009, Abercrombie & Fitch threatened to sue local merchants in the city of Hollister for trademark infringement for attempting to sell clothes bearing the name "Hollister", prompting at least one merchant to back down.
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