back down | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,intransitive)To take a lessaggressiveposition in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have.I was about to sue them, but I had toback down.The boys had planned to fight during recess, butbacked downafter the principal found out.2013June 18,Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, inNew York Times, retrieved21 June 2013:By the time politicians in several citiesbacked downon Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”; (idiomatic,transitive)To make (someone) take a less aggressive position.1980February 9, Chris Guilfoy, anonymous quotee, “Town Meeting Talks About The Issue of Violence”, inGay Community News, volume 7, number28, page 1:I havebacked downso many men by confronting them. I'm willing to fight back. If you have that rage in your heart and you are willing to kill, that radiates.; (idiomatic)To withdraw from a commitment or position;back out.

Examples:

EN: "... a terrifying absence of joy thrusts people back down to earth"
ES: "... de la ausencia de alegría, para que la gente mantenga los pies en el suelo"
EN: "How can one bring the horse back down to earth?"
ES: "¿Como se puede traer de vuelta el caballo a tierra?"
EN: Take me back down again!
ES: ¡Llévame de vuelta abajo!
EN: Go on back down there to that alley where you belong.
ES: Vuelve al callejón donde perteneces.
EN: I've got business that calls me back down the road Santa Fe way.
ES: Mi trabajo me lleva hasta Santa Fe.
EN: You can't back down out of this now.
ES: No puede dar marcha atrás en esto ahora.
EN: I'll go back down there, and I'll tell 'em what they can do with this thing.
ES: Yo iré a decirles lo que pueden hacer con este papel.
EN: Why should we go back down there ?
ES: ¿Por qué deberíamos volver allí?
EN: But Mrs. Alison and I must get back down to Visegrad.
ES: Pero la Sra. Alison y yo debemos regresar a Visegrad.
EN: Go back down!
ES: ¡Márchate!
EN: Now, back down the center aisle.
ES: Ahora volvemos al pasillo central.
EN: Now, in the middle of summer, and at the end of autumn, we'd go back down to Germany...
ES: Ahora, en pleno verano y hasta el final del otoño, bajaremos hacia Alemania...
EN: I can't back down now... and make a fool of myself just before election.
ES: No puedo desdecirme... y pasar por tonto antes de las elecciones.
EN: He makes again the back down. I mean, the climb up.
ES: Él ya se está volviendo atrás, como yo suponía.
EN: Do you want to back down?
ES: ¿Quieres dar marcha atrás?

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