step down


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resign; descend

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Verb
1. give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
(synonym) leave office, quit, resign
(hypernym) leave, depart, pull up stakes
(hyponym) vacate, resign, renounce, give up
2. reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
(synonym) de-escalate, weaken
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
(derivation) decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down

 
step-down

Noun
1. the act of decreasing or reducing something
(synonym) decrease, diminution, reduction
(hypernym) change of magnitude
(hyponym) cut
(derivation) de-escalate, weaken, step down


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odstoupit z funkce

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ustępować (ze stanowiska)

ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITIONDownload this dictionary
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resign, leave a position, bow out It was time for Pierre to step down - time for him to resign.