See step down in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "uvolʹnjátʹsja",
"sense": "to resign or retire from a position",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "увольня́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to resign or retire from a position",
"word": "dimitir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to resign or retire from a position",
"word": "renunciar"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"lang_code": "ast",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "reducir"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "nedtrappe"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "reducir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "herunterstufen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "degradieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "erniedrigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "deklassieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "herabstufen"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "íoschéimnigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "scemare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "diminuire"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "уменьша́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ponižátʹ",
"sense": "to reduce gradually",
"word": "понижа́ть"
}
],
"word": "step down"
}
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