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 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.
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.
6 But its six-speed auto is jerky and can be reluctant to shift down on inclines.
7 The shackles on her wrists shift down a few inches, revealing raw sores beneath them.
8 The back tires finally hit dirt and he was able to brake and shift down .
9 At the Phari Ridge cableway juncture, the three shift down - friction on the cable would be a problem otherwise.
10 Kylie stood and ran her hand down her dress, straightening it while she watched Perry's attention shift down her body.
11 Like the simple, direct feel of a fixed gear hub, but miss the ability to shift down for a hill?
12 Auckland is nearly one week into its shift down to level one but central city businesses say they are still hurting.
13 It's going to create a sufficient amount of a shift that that shift down the line will translate into something bigger.
14 They shift down during the long walk through the many-leveled palace, shifting into fast time only to kill guards and servants.
15 One of those colored men on the day shift down at the storage building quit and they asked George to fill in.
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.
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