climb down
• withdraw from a position taken up in argument or negotiation.
• "he was forced to climb down over the central package in the bill"
Similar:
back down,
admit defeat,
concede defeat,
surrender,
capitulate,
yield,
give in/up,
give way,
cave in,
submit,
retreat,
backtrack,
back-pedal,
admit that one is wrong,
retract one's words,
eat one's words,
eat humble pie,
do a U-turn,
do an about-face,
row back,
shift one's ground,
sing a different song,
have second thoughts,
do an about-turn,
eat crow,
climbdown
noun
• a withdrawal from a position taken up in argument or negotiation.
• "a humiliating climbdown by the government over economic policy"
