downshift
Reduce transmission ratio
Downshift means to shift to a lower gear in a vehicle, typically to slow down or gain power for climbing: She downshifted as she approached the curve.
Figuratively, to downshift is to reduce pace or intensity, especially in work or lifestyle: After the heart attack, he downshifted to part-time consulting.
The noun describes such a shift: a downshift in consumer spending.
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
- transmissionSending of information
- gearboxEnclosed system of cogs
- synchromeshGear-matching transmission mechanism
- drivetrainVehicle power transmission system
manual · torque · sequential · H-pattern · overdrive · heel-toe · brake · decelerate
Prolonged economic decline
- slowdownReduction in pace
- contractionReduction in size
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
belt-tightening · cost-cutting · restructuring · layoffs · downsizing · deflation · retrenchment · cutback
Make less complex
- declutterRemove unnecessary items
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- essentialismDoctrine of fixed natures
- sabbaticalExtended leave from work
semi-retirement · unburden · prioritize · hygge · ikigai · part-time · mindfulness · contentment
clutch
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
- transmissionSending of information
- gearboxEnclosed system of cogs
- synchromeshGear-matching transmission mechanism
drivetrain · manual · torque · sequential · H-pattern · overdrive · heel-toe · brake · decelerate · kickdown
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- slowdownReduction in pace
- contractionReduction in size
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
austerity · belt-tightening · cost-cutting · restructuring · layoffs · downsizing · deflation · retrenchment · cutback
simplify
Make less complex
- declutterRemove unnecessary items
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- essentialismDoctrine of fixed natures
sabbatical · semi-retirement · unburden · prioritize · hygge · ikigai · part-time · mindfulness · contentment
- racing tacticsovertaking, drafting, late braking, racing line, pit strategy
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- racingrace, racing, race track, racetrack, lap
- decreasesreduction, decline, drop, fall, decrease
- travel idiomshit the road, in the same boat, miss the boat, end of the road, crossroads
- Downdownward, downhill, downstairs, downstream, downwind
downshiftramp up
Increase intensity or pace
gear up · accelerate · scale up · intensify · hustle
downshiftacceleration
Rate velocity changes
accelerate · speed up · quickening · hastening · rev up
downshifting, downshifts, downshifted, downshifter, downshifters