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S0738500 (stĕp)n.1. a. The single complete movement of raising one foot and putting it down in another spot, as in walking.b. A manner of walking; a particular gait.c. A fixed rhythm or pace, as in marching: keep step.d. The sound of a footstep.e. A footprint: steps in the mud.2. a. The distance traversed by moving one foot ahead of the other.b. A very short distance: just a step away.c. steps Course; path: turned her steps toward home.3. One of a series of rhythmical, patterned movements of the feet used in a dance: diagrammed the basic steps to the mambo.4. a. A rest for the foot in ascending or descending.b. steps Stairs.c. Something, such as a ledge or an offset, that resembles a step of a stairway.d. A low platform used for exercise, as in step aerobics.5. a. One of a series of actions, processes, or measures taken to achieve a goal.b. A stage in a process: followed every step in the instructions.6. A degree in progress or a grade or rank in a scale: a step up in the corporate hierarchy.7. Music a. The interval that separates two successive tones of a scale.b. A degree of a scale.8. Nautical The block in which the heel of a mast is fixed.v. stepped, step·ping, steps v.intr.1. To put or press the foot: step on the brake.2. To shift or move slightly by taking a step or two: step back.3. To walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified direction: step over to the corner.4. To move with the feet in a particular manner: step lively.5. To move into a new situation by or as if by taking a single step: stepping into a life of ease.6. To treat someone with arrogant indifference: He is always stepping on other people.v.tr.1. To put or set (the foot) down: step foot on land.2. To measure by pacing: step off ten yards.3. To furnish with steps; make steps in: terraces that are stepped along the hillside.4. Computers To cause (a computer) to execute a single instruction.5. Nautical To place (a mast) in its step.Phrasal Verbs: step aside To resign from a post, especially when being replaced. step down1. To resign from a high post.2. To reduce, especially in stages: stepping down the electric power. step in1. To enter into an activity or a situation.2. To intervene. step out1. To walk briskly.2. To go outside for a short time.3. Informal To go out for a special evening of entertainment.4. To withdraw; quit. step up1. To increase, especially in stages: step up production.2. To come forward: step up and be counted.3. To improve one's performance or take on more responsibility, especially at a crucial time.Idioms: in step1. Moving in rhythm.2. In conformity with one's environment: in step with the times. out of step1. Not moving in rhythm: recruits marching out of step.2. Not in conformity with one's environment: out of step with the times. step by step By degrees. step on it Informal To go faster; hurry.

[Middle English, from Old English stæpe, stepe.]

step down

vb (adverb) 1. (tr) to reduce gradually2. (intr) informal to resign or abdicate (from a position)3. (intr) informal to assume an inferior or less senior position adj (prenominal) 4. (Electrical Engineering) (of a transformer) reducing a high voltage applied to the primary winding to a lower voltage on the secondary winding. Compare step up5. decreasing or falling by stages n informal a decrease in quantity or size

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Verb	1.	step down - 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, resignresign, vacate, renounce, give up - leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"retire - go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"top out - give up one's career just as one becomes very successful; "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out"pull up stakes, depart, leave - remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"fall - lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
	2.	step down - reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"de-escalate, weakenminify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

step

noun1. The act or manner of going on foot:footfall, footstep, tread.2. An action calculated to achieve an end:maneuver, measure (often used in plural), move, procedure, tactic.3. One of the units in a course, as on an ascending or descending scale:degree, grade, level, peg, point, rung, stage.Informal: notch.verb1. To go on foot:ambulate, foot, pace, tread, walk.Slang: hoof.Idiom: foot it.2. To move rhythmically to music, using patterns of steps or gestures:dance, foot.Slang: hoof.Idioms: cut a rug, foot it, trip the light fantastic.phrasal verb
step downTo withdraw from business or active life:retire.Idioms: call it quits, hang up one's spurs, turn in one's badge.phrasal verb
step upTo increase the speed of:accelerate, expedite, hasten, hurry, hustle, quicken, speed (up).

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step down

1. To resign from some job or position, especially one with high power or authority. Effective immediately, I'll be stepping down as director of the company. Following the scandal, the governor was forced to step down from office.2. To reduce or lessen something, especially gradually or in stages. Our goal is to step down CO2 emissions over the coming decade. Please begin stepping down the voltage.See also: down, step

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to reduce the intensity or amount of something by one step or grade. See if you can step the lights down a little. step down the lights just a little more.See also: down, step

step down

(from something) 1. Lit. to come down from something; to alight from something. Please step down from the platform. she stepped down and went back to her chair. 2. Fig. to resign a job or a responsibility. The mayor stepped down from office last week. It's unusual for a mayor to step down.See also: down, step

step down

1. Resign from office, as in He threatened to step down if they continued to argue with him. [Late 1800s] 2. Reduce, especially in stages, as in They were stepping down the voltage. [c. 1900] Also see step up, def. 1. See also: down, step

step down

v.1. To descend with a step: The speaker stepped down from the platform. The carpenter stepped down off the ladder.2. To resign from a high post: The mayor stepped down after two years in office.3. To reduce, especially in stages: The scientists stepped down the temperature in the chamber and repeated the test. The transformer steps the power down from 110 volts to 24 volts. See also: down, step

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verb give up or retire from a position

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