moving down
Sinking toward bottom
Moving down describes descending or shifting to a lower position, whether physical or metaphorical.
Someone moving down a staircase goes from higher to lower; someone moving down in an organization takes a lesser role.
We're moving down to the front row.
After the merger, several executives found themselves moving down the hierarchy.
- descendingMoving downward
- fallingMoving downward freely
- sinkingFalling through water
- sinking feelingAnxious gut premonition
- droppingLetting something fall
lowering · plunging · diving · taking a dive · sliding · tumbling · decline · on the decline · plummeting · slope · sliding scale · gravity · elevator · stairs · dipping · slipping · losing ground · cascading
- vertical mobilityupward mobility, social climbing, economic mobility
- transit actionsboarding, riding, waiting, standing, sitting
hierarchical position
moving downmoving up
advancing · rising · climbing the ladder · getting ahead · upward mobility
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