The phrase "a stage down" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a lower level or position in a sequence or hierarchy.
Example: "After reviewing the project, we decided to take a stage down in our approach to ensure better results."
Alternatives: "a step back" or "a level lower".
Mr. Gallagher said his association would not establish or contribute this year to any of the less-regulated political advocacy groups known as 527s, for a section of the federal tax code, saying, "I think that's a stage down the road".
She made her acceptance speech on a stage down the street from the detention center where she once stayed.
"I was marching in a parade in Schaumburg, Sunday, two days before the Democratic convention, when Tammy Duckworth was on a stage down in Charlotte -- if you can look at the picture -- picking out a dress for her speech Tuesday night," Walsh said, holding up a photo.
Along the coast, its high mountains plunge, like a stage curtain, down to the Adriatic Sea.
"It's simple and pure — it's literally the ______ beautiful thing I've ever seen on a stage, hands down," she said about "Once," a folksy Irish production.
"It's simple and pure — it's literally the most beautiful thing I've ever seen on a stage, hands down," she said about "Once," a folksy Irish production.
A multi-stage down-draft evaporative cool tower (DECT) was developed as an improvement to a previously developed single-stage design.
Zac Goldsmith has gone a stage further, standing down in Richmond to trigger a Heathrow-centric byelection.
I also caught the end of the special performance by Kelly Rowland on a stage that looked down on the pool, guests and Sunset strip.
For interactions lacking a specific parameterization, a staged "step-down" procedure is carried out, in which increasingly generic values are sought [2].
"I think of them standing on a stage looking down on people below," he added.
