step down
39 synonyms found
- abridge
- amplify
- compress
- curtail
- cut back
- cut down
- damp
- dampen
- decrease
- deduct
- deflate
- depreciate
- depress
- diminish
- downgrade
- electrify
- energize
- galvanize
- lessen
- loop in
- lower
- pare
- plug in
- reduce
- retrench
- roll back
- scale down
- shock
- short-circuit
- shorten
- simplify
- step up
- stiffen
- switch off
- switch on
- take from
- tune down
- turn off
- turn on
Definition
(v) :
to resign from office; to gradually reduce something, a little at a time, as an electronic step down transformer
"pressure has been mounting on Tony Blair to step down as Prime Minister."