'step down' definitions:
Definition of 'step down'
From: WordNet
verb
Give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" [syn: leave office, quit, step down, resign] [ant: take office]
verb
Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de- escalate a crisis" [syn: de-escalate, weaken, step down] [ant: escalate, intensify, step up]
Synonyms of 'step down'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'step down'
- Step,
- Step-,
- Stepped,
- Stepping,
- To step in,
- To step into,
- To step off,
- To step out,
- in step,
- in step with,
- step by step,
- step in,
- step on,
- step on it,
- step out,
- step up,
- stepping down,
- steps,
- step-by-step,
- Back step,
- Bed steps,
- Half step,
- Lock step,
- Step grate,
- Step-down,
- Step-up,
- Stepped gear,
- To change step,
- To step aside,
- To step forth,
- To step short,
- To take steps,
- corbel step,
- crow step,
- dance step,
- false step,
- first step,
- flight of steps,
- goose step,
- keep step,
- sea steps,
- step aside,
- step dancing,
- step faults,
- step forward,
- step ladder,
- step lively,
- step rocket,
- step stool,
- step to the fore,
- step-in,
- stepped line,
- stepping motor,
- stepping stone,
- take steps,
- whole step,
- Hop step and a jump,
- Hop step and jump,
- Stepping-stone,
- Two-step,
- corbie-step,
- high-stepped,
- high-stepping,
- one-step,
- step-down transformer,
- step-up transformer,
- hop-step-and-jump