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stands down
verb
Third person singular of stand down
Exact(60)
He stands down.
"If" he stands down?
Rhodri Morgan stands down after 12 years in the Assembly.
He's tipped to succeed to the overall leadership of the DUP when Peter Robinson stands down.
Amid the collapsing stock market values, one London-listed stock stands down.
14 July Butler-Sloss yields to mounting pressure and stands down.
Shareholders in Standard Chartered question whether the bank is prepared for when Peter Sands stands down.
It is appalling and I think the sooner he stands down from the governorship, the better.
These are his last days in office, as he stands down on 31 March.
With his solid power-base, Mr Obuchi is theoretically the front-runner to take over when Mr Hashimoto stands down.
Because this might happen – and before 2020 too – if Cameron stands down and a second election happens before Christmas.
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