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RELATED WORDS : back down bargain down batten down bear down bear down on bear down upon beat down bed down belt down blow down bog down boil down bolt down bow down bowed down break down bring down broken down brush down buckle down bunk down burn down call down calm down camp down cascade down cast down choke down chop down clamp down clamp down on climb down close down come down come down on cool down corbel step count down crack down crack down on crow step cut down dance step dash down deep down die down doss down down down at the heel down easter down feather down in the mouth down pat down payment down quark down syndrome down the drain down the stairs down town down under drag down dress down dressing down drink down drop down duck down dwindle down ebb down face down fall down false step fight down first step flag down flap down flump down flush down freeze down garbage down get down go down go down on goose down goose step grind down gun down half step hampshire down hand down handed down hands down hanging down have down hold down hoot down hose down hunker down hunkered down hunt down in step in step with john l. h. down jot down jumping up and down keep down keep step kick down kip down knock down knuckle down lay down lay down the law let down letting down lie down live down load down loaded down lock step look down on look down upon low down mark down melt down mow down nail down narrow down pare down peg down pin down pipe down place down plank down play down plonk down plump down plunk down pour down press down press down on pull down push down put down quiet down rain down ram down ratchet down rattle down remain down roll down rope down round down rub down run down sag down scale down send down set down settle down shake down shoot down shout down shower down shut down simmer down sit down sit down strike sit down with sleek down slick down slide down slim down slow down slowing down sluice down split down sponge down stamp down stand down stare down steady down step step aside step by step step dancing step forward step in step ladder step lively step on step on it step out step rocket step stool step to the fore step up stepping down strike down strip down swan's down swill down swoop down upon take down take lying down talk down tamp down tear down tearing down throw down thumbs down tie down tone down toned down touch down track down tramp down tread down trim down tune down turn down turn thumbs down turn upside down up and down upside down vote down wash down water down watered down wear down weigh down weighed down weight down weighted down whack down whittle down whole step wolf down write down written down

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb step down has 2 senses

• step down(v = verb.social) leave office, quit, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
is one way to depart, leave, pull up stakes
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• step down(v = verb.change) de-escalate, weaken - reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Derived form noun step-down₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

THESAURUS

step down

abridge, amplify, charge, compress, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, damp, dampen, decrease, deduct, deflate, depreciate, depress, diminish, downgrade, electrify, energize, galvanize, generate, lessen, loop in, lower, pare, plug in, reduce, retrench, roll back, scale down, shock, short, short-circuit, shorten, simplify, step up, stiffen, switch off, switch on, take from, tune down, turn off, turn on

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