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stepped down (from)verbpast tense of step down (from) 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 bagged, chucked, left, quit(also quitted), resigned (from), retired (from), stepped aside (from) abandoned, vacateddropped out (of), threw up gave notice stayed (at) hired (out or on) to give up (as a position of authority) formallyeven in the face of a palace revolt, Queen Elizabeth I refused to step down from the throne abdicated, abnegated, ceded, relinquished, renounced, resigned, stepped aside (from), surrendered abjured, demitted, denied, disavowed, disclaimed, disowned, waivedforsook, gave up, handed over, yieldedabandoned, deserted, quit(also quitted), vacated appropriated, arrogated, assumed, claimed, confiscatedseized, took over, usurped, wresteddefended, guarded, protected, safeguarded, secured |