Step down has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
give up or retire from a position
"The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"
"The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
2
reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
"de-escalate a crisis"
3
To resign from office; to abdicate.
Example Sentences
"The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"
verb
"The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
verb
"de-escalate a crisis"
verb
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Narrower Terms (hyponyms)