Definitions For Climbdown

Noun

CLIMBDOWN (plural CLIMBDOWNs) A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown. : Thursday's court appearance as he waited for his case to be heard was a humiliating climbdown for the flamboyant Texan, who sports the clipped mustache and Saville Row style of English aristocracy. — Texas cricket mogul pleads not guilty to fraud by Kate Murphy, The Age, June 26 2009

Translations

Finnish: perääntyminen

Alternative forms

climb-down

Etymology

climb + down

Anagrams

downclimb

Is Climbdown a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
24

The word Climbdown is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends

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