The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RESIGN which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2019.
Step down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RESIGN | 31 % | 6 |
| QUIT | 23 % | 4 |
| ALIGHT | 8 % | 6 |
| ABDICE | 8 % | 6 |
| RESIGNASALEADER | 8 % | 15 |
| STAIR | 8 % | 5 |
| ABDICATE | 8 % | 8 |
| DEMIT | 8 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Step down
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- quit
- de-escalate
- weaken
- leave office
- back down
- stand aside
- stand down
- climb down
- turn down
- resign oneself
- bow out
- fall on one's sword
Crossword Answer definitions
RESIGN verb- To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
- To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
- To quit (a job or position).
- To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable.
- To sign again; to provide one's signature again.
- (by extension) To sign a contract renewing or restarting a professional relationship, such as that of a professional athlete with a sports team.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result RESIGN
- Give up an office
- Quit a chess game
- Quit
- Step down, or stay for another term
- Quit officially
- Quit work formally
- Withdraw formally
- Abdicate
- Step down
- Concede, as in chess
More clues leading to the result QUIT
- Cry "uncle!"
- Throw in the towel
- Walk out
- Resign
- Swear off
- Terminate a session, for example
- Call it a day
- Pack it in
- Stop saying "Sorry," perhaps?
- Withdraw
More clues leading to the result ALIGHT
- Land
- Dismount
- Hit the runway
- Disembark
- Come down
- Go to ground
- Dismount from a horse
- Come down to earth
- Settle down
- Touch down
More clues leading to the result ABDICE
More clues leading to the result RESIGNASALEADER
More clues leading to the result STAIR
- Device for upward mobility
- Flight part
- Step up
- Way up or down
- Part of a flight
- "As I was going up the ___ / I met a man who wasn't there!"
- Part of a flight between landings, say
- Story connector
- Flight segment
- Flight unit
More clues leading to the result ABDICATE
- Emulate Edward Windsor
- Emulate Edward VIII
- Walk away from, as responsibility
- Renounce power
- Renounce
- Give up the throne
- Resign a la Edward VIII
- Relinquish one's power
- Relinquish power
- Cede power