intransitive verb. To shift a motor vehicle into a lower gear.

intransitive verb. To reduce the speed, rate, or intensity of something.

intransitive verb. To simplify or reduce one's expectations or commitments, especially in work hours.

intransitive verb. To shift (a motor vehicle) into a lower gear.

intransitive verb. To reduce in speed, rate, or intensity.

intransitive verb. To simplify or reduce one's commitments in (one's life).

verb. To shift a transmission into a lower gear.

verb. To function at a lower rate.

noun. a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle

noun. a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one

"Time to downshift from the Bush Derangement Syndrome, folks. burritoboy Says:"

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