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Noun: downshift
  1. A change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one
     
  2. A change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle
Verb: downshift
  1. Change to a lower gear
     
  2. Move to a less stressful or satisfying job of lower status and/or pay

Derived forms: downshifting, downshifts, downshifted

Type of: change

Encyclopedia: Downshift

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