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→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusclimb down• a humiliating climbdown by the government over their economic policies• Neither side in the dispute has been willing to climb down.• European Court decisions have forced several employers to climb down and change their policy on women's pay.ˈclimb-down noun [countable usually singular] British English an occasion when you admit that you were wrong 认错 a humiliating climb-down by the government 政府的狼狈认错Examples from the Corpusclimb-down• Better an early climb-down in some sheltered private meeting, he argued, than a humiliation on the floor of the House.ˈclimb-down nounChineseSyllable admit that you you Corpus an when wrong were occasion |