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What does back down mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word back down? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.
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Giving up on the idea of watching the first run of the show, we wandered back down the road to get front row seats for the second leg.
When we got bored of that, we'd sit back down and shout at each other over the line.
The soldier shook his head, they saluted once again, and he turned a perfect about-face and walked back down the steps to his horse.
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.
In an open office, its acoustic function is to absorb sound and reduce the reflection of sounds back down into the office space.
All of sudden he does this incredible run where he goes up two octaves and back down in quadruple time.

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