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to give up (a job or office)
- with the advent of his 90th birthday, he could no longer resist calls for him to step down from chairmanship of the board
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- hire (out or on)
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to give up (as a position of authority) formally
- even in the face of a palace revolt, Queen Elizabeth I refused to step down from the throne
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“Step down (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/step%20down%20%28from%29. Accessed 21 Sep. 2021.
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