never back down
NEV-er BAK DOWN
ˈnɛvər bæk daʊnListen
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an idiom expressing a commitment to maintaining one's position, effort, or resistance regardless of pressure, intimidation, or adversity; to never back down is to refuse to retreat from a challenge, to stand one's ground even when retreat would be easier or safer, and to treat withdrawal as a form of defeat that is categorically unacceptable; in athletic, military, and motivational contexts the phrase describes a mentality of resolute non-surrender that is held up as a core virtue of competitive excellence and moral courage; in health and illness contexts it describes the refusal to accept a prognosis or to cease fighting for recovery, and is frequently used in tributes to people who faced terminal illness with sustained courage and active resistance; the phrase captures a particular Anglo-American cultural value of toughness and persistence that prizes the will to continue over the wisdom to accept limitation
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