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		downshiftdown‧shift /ˌdaʊnˈʃɪft $ ˈdaʊnʃɪft/ verb [intransitive]    VERB TABLEdownshift |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | downshift |   | he, she, it | downshifts |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | downshifted |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have downshifted |   | he, she, it | has downshifted |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had downshifted |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will downshift |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have downshifted |  
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 | Present | I | am downshifting |   | he, she, it | is downshifting |   | you, we, they | are downshifting |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was downshifting |   | you, we, they | were downshifting |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been downshifting |   | he, she, it | has been downshifting |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been downshifting |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be downshifting |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been downshifting |  
    1to put the engine of a vehicle into a lower gear in order to go slower2if someone downshifts, they choose to do a less important or difficult job, so that they do not have to worry about their work and have more time to enjoy their life—downshifter noun [countable]—downshifting noun [uncountable]  |