Here's a question and a few possible answers: 

Q: James raised the stairs, but john wanted to get up too.  What did James have to do to the stairs?
Possible A: lower, push down, demotion, pay cut, repair

Why is "lower" an answer aligned with human common sense? 


if james raised the stairs and john wanted to get up them too, that means he raised them too high and would have to lower them.