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UK
/dˈaʊnʃɪft/
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NOUN
- a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle
- a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one
How To Use downshift In A Sentence
- Regin downshifted, tires squealing as she swerved to dodge a roadkill-bound possum. Dreams of a Dark Warrior
- I believe the clunk was my rear diff. from the hard downshift?? NASIOC
- The downshift hits workers of color particularly hard.
- He downshifted and turned the steering wheel.
- Two years ago Jeremy Hawkins downshifted from London's financial district, where he had worked for 23 years, to a home-based life.
- Some decided to downshift and take cycling less seriously once they became pregnant and had their babies.
- Do the economics of downshifting to a more frugal car stack up? Times, Sunday Times
- These gearboxes are a lot different, and I probably didn't do a complete downshift.
- There also is a perceptible delay when downshifting from fourth to third.
- But now there is a real move back towards downshifting, taking more time and space. The Sun