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step down in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
    "de-escalate a crisis"
    de-escalate  weaken  step down 
  2. give up or retire from a position
    "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
    leave office  quit  step down  resign 
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step down in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (idiom) To resign from office.
  2. (verb) To gradually reduce something, a little at a time, as an electronic "step down transformer."
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