Similar words: stepping, stepping stone, stepping-stone, shipping dock, shipping document, shipping documents, bring down, lying down. Meaning: n. 1. a formal resignation and renunciation of powers 2. the act of abdicating.
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(1) The doctor has said that I can start stepping down my medication in a few days' time.
(2) This device is used for stepping down the voltage.
(3) Whether or not he seriously contemplated stepping down is, in fact, unclear.
(4) Strom, who is stepping down Jan. 19 to open his own law and lobbying firm.
(5) She succeeds Caroline Marland, who is stepping down after 24 years with the company.
(6) Meanwhile Janet Street-Porter is stepping down as editor of the Independent on Sunday.
(7) Stepping down off the chair to pick it up, so did I, and I got stuck.
(8) Five girls in rank came stepping down the plank.
(9) He is entertaining no thoughts of stepping down.
(10) Stepping down from the presidency, Chirac will be closing out some four decades in politics.
(11) That group includes IBM chief Sam Palmisano who's stepping down at year-end after nearly a decade as CEO, looking like a business Mickey Mantle.
(12) After stepping down in 1989, Mr. Moussavi kept a hand in politics, serving on Expediency Council.
(13) The Tao perceives this dream stepping down sometime around 2015.
(14) The building creates an attractive landscape, stepping down into the river Tagus.
(15) Cox stepping down to spend more time with her children(Sentence dictionary), Hayward added.
(16) Since stepping down as president, Havel has continued to advocate for democracy through the Human Rights Foundation, which he chairs, as well as his frequent op-eds and continued speaking engagements.
(17) In December 1991 had Jawara announced that he was stepping down as President, a position which he had held since independence.
(18) This allows the machine-chisel to shuffle back and forth, stepping down to full depth.
(19) Mr Adamec cited pressure from the opposition in bargaining over the shape of a new government as his reason for stepping down.
(20) Lew would replace Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, who is stepping down this month.
(21) Jean-Paul Gaultier, the enfant terrible of French fashion, is stepping down as designer of women's ready-to-wear for Hermes, Reuters reported.
(22) In a telephone interview on the French international television station France24, Lamia Chakkour said that she was stepping down with immediate effect.
(23) Another secretary is leaving President Bush's cabinet. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is stepping down. He is expected to run for the Senate seat Nebraska Republican Chuck Hagel is giving up.
(24) Kilpatrick's current chief of staff says that the mayor has no intention of stepping down.
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