climb down

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climb down

vb (intr, adverb)

1. to descend

2. (often foll by from) to retreat (from an opinion, position, etc.)

n climb-down

a retreat from an opinion, etc.

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Verb

climb down - come down; "the birds alighted"

alight

come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

Translations

? climb down

(person, from tree, wall) → herunterklettern; (from horse, mountain) → absteigen; (from ladder) → heruntersteigen; (road) → abfallen

(= admit error) → nachgeben; it’ll be a pleasure to make him climb down → es wird ein Vergnügen sein, ihn von seinem hohen Ross herunterzuholen

vi +prep obj tree, wall → herunterklettern von; ladder → heruntersteigen; mountain etc → absteigen

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