step down

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar la acción de dejar un cargo o abandonar una posición de autoridad o responsabilidad, a menudo de forma voluntaria.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of resigning or leaving a position of authority or responsibility.

incontable · intransitivo · phrasal, sin objeto

1. Resign from a positionformal

   To voluntarily leave a job, role, or position of authority.

   renunciar a un cargo

   • The CEO decided to step down after ten years of service.
   • She stepped down from her role as committee chair.
   • He was asked to step down due to the controversy.

   Sinónimosabdicategive upleavequitrelinquishresignretirestand-down

   Antónimosacceptassumetake

2. Reduce or decreaseformal

   To lower the level, intensity, or amount of something.

   reducir o disminuir

   • The company plans to step down production gradually.
   • We need to step down the voltage to avoid damage.
   • The government stepped down its involvement in the project.

   Sinónimoscurtailcutdecreasediminishlessenlowerminimizemoderatereducescale down

   Antónimosboostelevateincreaseintensifyraise

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