step down

/stɛp daʊn/

/stɛp daʊn/

Other forms: stepped down; stepping down; steps down

Definitions of step down

1. verb

   give up or retire from a position
   synonyms: leave office, quit, resign

   types:

   give up, renounce, resign, vacate

   leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

   retire

   go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position

   top out

   give up one's career just as one becomes very successful

   fall

   lose office or power

   superannuate

   retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity

   abdicate, renounce

   give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

   bow out, withdraw

   retire gracefully

   type of:

   depart, leave, pull up stakes

   remove oneself from an association with or participation in
2. verb

   reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
   synonyms: de-escalate, weaken

   type of:

   decrease, lessen, minify

   make smaller