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Meanings of shift down in English

To change into a lower gear (in motor vehicles).

Usage of shift down in English
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He had to shift down to negotiate the road's steep, dark curves.
RING
2
Mickey Mouse looks like he's done a 16-hour shift down the mine.
The South African
3
The three shift down as they pass through the city fissure at Jo-kung.
The Hyperion Cantos
4
Carefully she laid the Queen's shift down into the chest.
The Secret Eleanor
5
His eyes shift down to my lips and back again.
Unravel Me
6
But its six-speed auto is jerky and can be reluctant to shift down on inclines.
News.com.au
7
The shackles on her wrists shift down a few inches, revealing raw sores beneath them.
Mockingjay
8
The back tires finally hit dirt and he was able to brake and shift down.
Secret weapon spouse
9
At the Phari Ridge cableway juncture, the three shift down-frictionon the cable would be a problem otherwise.
The Hyperion Cantos
10
Kylie stood and ran her hand down her dress, straightening it while she watched Perry's attention shift down her body.
Strong, sleek and sinful
11
Like the simple, direct feel of a fixed gear hub, but miss the ability to shift down for a hill?
Wired
12
Auckland is nearly one week into its shift down to level one but central city businesses say they are still hurting.
Radio NZ
13
It's going to create a sufficient amount of a shift that that shift down the line will translate into something bigger.
The new yorker
14
They shift down during the long walk through the many-leveled palace, shifting into fast time only to kill guards and servants.
The Hyperion Cantos
15
One of those colored men on the day shift down at the storage building quit and they asked George to fill in.
Carrion comfort
16
You're going to have the centre of gravity starting to really shift down here from the Makati financial and commercial centre in Manila.
Reuters
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