climbdown in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for climbdown in the English»French Dictionary

climbdown [Brit ˈklʌɪmdəʊn, Am ˈklaɪmdaʊn] N

climbdown

reculade f (over sur)

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Translations for climbdown in the English»French Dictionary

climbdown N

climbdown

recul m

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English

This ambition has taken another knock with news of the climbdown on pensions reform.

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The struggle is now openly a battle about democratic values: it will end only with severe repression or a total climbdown by the regime.

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Ministers have abandoned their much-criticised flagship obesity policy in a humiliating climbdown.

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Supermarkets selling rotisserie chickens, another target of the tax rise, will still pay the higher taxes, as ministers have targeted the climbdown to benefit smaller shops and bakeries.

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Besides the art climbdown, he has had to backtrack on a plan to slap punitive new capital gains tax on small business owners.

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As you alluded to, there were moments where he had to perform a climbdown and sacrifice his ideals to avoid trouble or at least minimise it.

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But even after yesterday's partial climbdown -- which reduces that maximum wait from two years to 18 months -- women will still be subjected to a birthdate lottery.

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The climbdown came shortly after the 90-minute exercise concluded.

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The tribunal's decision to withdraw its key finding of corruption against the former justice minister represents just the latest climbdown for the inquiry.

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