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step-down
[step-doun]
adjective
serving to reduce or decrease voltage.
a step-down transformer.
step down
verb
(tr) to reduce gradually
informal(intr) to resign or abdicate (from a position)
informal(intr) to assume an inferior or less senior position
adjective
(of a transformer) reducing a high voltage applied to the primary winding to a lower voltage on the secondary winding Compare step up
decreasing or falling by stages
noun
informala decrease in quantity or size
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of step-down1
Idioms and Phrases
Resign from office, as in He threatened to step down if they continued to argue with him . [Late 1800s]
Reduce, especially in stages, as in They were stepping down the voltage . [c. 1900] Also see step up , def. 1.
Example Sentences
The first choice, a step-down facility with enhanced services for those leaving locked care, was quickly ruled out.
Last year, among a series of funding packages, the NHS was given £200m to create "step-down" wards for those awaiting a care package to start or for home adaptions to be made.
The treatment beds range from detox to step-down care for people leaving long-term care.
It was her fourth such stay, and the first one the county had agreed should be followed by a step-down program, she said.
Central bank meetings loom in Australia and New Zealand next week, and markets have priced a pause for Australia and step-down in pace to a 25 basis point hike for New Zealand.
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