ramping down

[Victor Steinbok]

Sorry, I should have said "related", but was trying to send it quickly
and did not think of alternatives (as you could see from "ramp-off" when
I meant "off-ramp"). The usage in that particular case is similar in the
sense that one is an extension of the other--the idea was either partial
or complete elimination, in this instance, of career employment.

     VS-)

On 3/21/2011 5:04 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
> I don't see "off-ramp" and "ramp down" having similar meanings.
>
> "Off-ramp" means to get off whatever path one is on, at least for a while,
> like getting off a highway.
>
> "Ramp down" means to gradually decline something, like turning down a dial.
> Something can be ramped down permanently, like the closing of a military
> base, or temporarily, with a smaller extent of activity than before, but
> with the possibility of ramping it up again.
>
> DanG

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