step down

See also: stepdown, and step-down

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

step down

1. (idiomatic) To resign from office; to abdicate.
   • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     She now wants to be a Paris MP. But Fillon wants the same Paris seat when he steps down, after next year's election. Both have their eye on the main prize: running for Paris mayor in 2014.

2. To gradually reduce something, a little at a time, as an electronic step down transformer.

Translations

to resign from office

• Danish: træde tilbage
• Dutch: aftreden (nl)
• French: démissionner (fr), se retirer (fr)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fratre (no)

• Russian: уйти́ с поста́ (ujtí s postá), уво́литься (ru) (uvólitʹsja) (pf.), увольня́ться (ru) (uvolʹnjátʹsja) (impf.)
• Spanish: dimitir (es), renunciar (es)

to gradually reduce something

• Danish: nedtrappe
• Irish: íoschéimnigh
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• Russian: уменьша́ть (ru) (umenʹšátʹ), понижа́ть (ru) (ponižátʹ)

See also

• step up

Anagrams

• downstep