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steps down (from)

verb , present tense third-person singular of step down (from)

1 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

Synonyms of steps down (from)

Words Related to steps down (from)

abandons, vacates

Phrases Synonymous with steps down (from)

gives notice

Near Antonyms of steps down (from)

hires (out or on)

Antonyms of steps down (from)

stays (at)

2 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

Synonyms of steps down (from)

Words Related to steps down (from)

Near Antonyms of steps down (from)

appropriates, arrogates, assumes, claims, confiscates

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