To change into a lower gear (in motor vehicles).
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Examples for "downshift "
Examples for "downshift "
1 In an age of diminished expectations, even snobbery has to downshift .
2 If we've been under a great deal of stress, you'll need time to downshift .
3 This observation is consistent with a striking downshift in expression between aceA and aceK.
4 She moved to put her hand on his, but he pulled away to downshift .
5 Watch the diff on exits, turn down lims on downshift .
1 He had to shift down to negotiate the road's steep, dark curves.
2 Mickey Mouse looks like he's done a 16-hour shift down the mine.
3 The three shift down as they pass through the city fissure at Jo-kung.
4 Carefully she laid the Queen's shift down into the chest.
5 His eyes shift down to my lips and back again.
1 Sometimes I gear down the passion so it doesn't overwhelm the message.
2 I walked up to the front porch and set my gear down .
3 They were instructed to bring his riot gear down with them.
4 The captain puts the landing gear down and extends the flaps.
5 They pulled Level A HAZMAT gear down off the rack.
6 I set my deformed window-cleaning gear down on his desk.
7 After cooking ourselves a well-deserved meal and getting some sleep, we carried all of our gear down .
8 The eighth began handing their gear down .
9 This morning we had our first five Sherpas climbing back to the Col to start carrying gear down .
10 He got his bedding, stove, and other cabin gear down from the cache and made the place livable.
11 Flaps down, gear down and locked.
12 That ranges from reaching a summit, to simply just pushing a big gear down a piece of perfect road.
13 Gently, he let himself drop to the ground, immediately grabbed the rope, and pulled the rest of his gear down .
14 I could take it down a notch now, gear down to my old brisk walk, and then in the final stretch-
15 He drove in low gear down to the gate, got out and unhooked it, drove past, got out again and hooked it.
16 After helping move the rest of the gear down into the mechanical room, Pamir began searching for the access point to the tunnel.
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