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Downshift
01
a shift to a lower gear in a vehicle's transmission
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
downshifts
Examples
He performed a downshift to tackle the steep hill.
02
a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one
Lexical Tree
downshift
down
shift
