Break and Step down

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Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

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Step down and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Step down" instead a verb "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Step down verb - Give up or retire from a position.

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Break and step down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Step down".

Ledges, instead of circles, step down and break out into the Frozen Continent.

Source: Fire and Brimstone Hell
Incidentally, Roosevelt initially planned to follow Washington's precedent and wanted to step down after his second term but with war looming on the horizon and the rise of fascism, he decided to break tradition and seek a third, and later a fourth term.

Source: Reluctant Ruler

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