Definition of downshift
verb
[no object] change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle. slow down; slacken off:well before the country slipped into recession, business was downshifting change a financially rewarding but stressful career or lifestyle for a less pressured and less highly paid but more fulfilling one:they want to downshift from full-time work
noun
a change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle. a change in quality or quantity to a lesser or lower degree:the downshift of human position from the center of the cosmos an instance of changing a financially rewarding but stressful career or lifestyle for a less pressured and less highly paid but more fulfilling one.
