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Today's Idiom = "Back Down From Someone Or Something"

Back Down From Someone Or Something ( decide to not fight ... )

"back down from someone or something"

To back down is to quit one's plans to fight. Example: "If I were you, I would back down. It is not worth fighting about."

If you were planning to compete, but now you have decided not to, you backed down. Example: "Maybe you don't know me, but I would never back down from a challenge."

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