climb down
verb- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see climb, down. · It took 2 hours to climb up, but 4 to climb down as our energy grew less and less.
- To abandon, withdraw from, or soften a previously expressed opinion, argument, etc.
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The sides were so steep that none of them could climb down, and for a moment it seemed that their journey must end.
Neither can we climb down into this great ditch.
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