His statement is seen as an attempt to 'climb down' [='back away'] from the strong denial he made yesterday.
a 'climbing plant' [=a plant that attaches itself to something, such as a wall, as it grows up it]
The players 'climbed' into their uniforms [=put on their uniforms] and headed for the field.
(..) I'm sorry. Captain, this way ... There's a path down here. There's no way through down here. There ain't shit down there, we go climb over. - Cross can go to hell. - What does the map say? - Keep climbing. We climb captain. We keep climbing. Until we reach our gate. Climb. - You got away from murph? - Yeah. - You wait for it. - Captain. - Sir. Murphy says there's (..)2015 The Revenant