step down, v.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
give up or retire from a position
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
leave office quit resign step down
sample sentences
"The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month""The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
verb frames
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reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
de-escalate step down weaken
sample sentences
"de-escalate a crisis"verb frames
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verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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