The driver, Lindsay, gave me a regal wave at the top after he had completed a series of perfect downshifts[.]
Source: wiktionary
Downshift
//ˈdaʊnʃɪft//
Synonyms for "downshift" (1 found)
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Verb(1 words)
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8 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 落波 verb (to shift the transmission of a car or bicycle into a lower gear)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 降擋 /降挡 verb (to shift the transmission of a car or bicycle into a lower gear)
Dutch
1 entries- terugschakelen verb (to shift the transmission of a car or bicycle into a lower gear)
Finnish
1 entries- vaihtaa pienemmälle vaihteelle verb (to shift the transmission of a car or bicycle into a lower gear)
French
1 entries- rétrograder verb (to shift the transmission of a car or bicycle into a lower gear)
German
1 entries- herunterschalten verb (to shift the transmission of a car or bicycle into a lower gear)
Polish
1 entries- zwalniać verb (to change one’s career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding)
Spanish
1 entries- reducir noun (shift of a transmission into a lower gear)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
But in this variation on Superbad's wild night of transgression, downshifting the age of the protagonists from teen to tween actually only enhances the stealth, wide-eyed innocence that secretly drives this genre of pre-college hedonism.
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He brought the car to a stop before the bridge, downshifted and then put her at the road again in a rising disciplined snarl along the N.6 to Cannes.
Source: wiktionary
In a stick-shift vehicle, the driver must downshift when necessary; in an automatic, the transmission downshifts as needed.
Source: wiktionary
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