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I have this example sentence: ソフトボールチームのヘッドコーチのポジションを退く{しりぞく}には、まだ早過ぎますよ。 It’s
still too early for you to step down from your position as head softball
coach. The question is in the title.

So far I know two other cases for which intransitive verbs use を, which are on
the lines of "道を歩く" and "〜を悩む", but this doesn't seem to fit any of the two,
so is there an explanation? Does it become transitive or is it just used
differently?

Edit: Following the link provided in the first comment to this question I
found many other useful explanations on the matter. What I found to be the
most useful, direct and brief answer was entry 6 at this link:
<https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E3%82%92/#je-82142>.

  * Entry 6 says を can be used to indicate the starting point of an action

Since I cited two other related example I'll add the entries for those too in
case anyone stumbles upon this thread:

  * Entry 3 says を can be used to indicate the location where some movement (移動) takes place.
  * Entry 7 refers to feelings/hopes
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particle-を transitivity
Why does 退く{しりぞく} take を even though it's intransitive?
This ”を” means ”from” and ”退く” is intransitive.

If it is correct when you change ”～を” to ”～から”, it's probably intransitive.

For example,

If you change ”パンを食べる” to ”パンから食べる”(I eat from bread!?), it is incorrect
(actually, the meaning is change to ”I eat a bread previously”). So, ”食べる” is
transitive.

If you change ”家を出る” to ”家から出る”(I leave from my home), it is correct! So ”出る”
is intransitive.
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