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What does back down mean?

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  1. (idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.
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It's the relentless, mind-numbing repeat tasks that drive me up the wall, and sometimes I can't even be bothered to crawl back down again.
We drove from Los Angeles for three days to reach Portland, whereupon I flew back down here to go to work.
A maze of quality runs links lifts at the mountain top, the only fault being the lack of decent slopes heading back down into the town.
She also blew kisses to the crowd before making her way back down the stage with the same grace with she arrived.
In an open office, its acoustic function is to absorb sound and reduce the reflection of sounds back down into the office space.
When we got bored of that, we'd sit back down and shout at each other over the line.

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