Alright, ready to do some subtraction? We're taking 6252 and subtracting 2169 from it.

Step 1: We'll start by subtracting the digit 9 and the borrow 0 from 2 in column 1 and get -7.
We add -7 to 10 and get 3 as the first digit of the result.

Step 2: We'll start by subtracting the digit 6 and the borrow 1 from 5 in column 2 and get -2.
We add -2 to 10 and get 8 as the next digit of the result.

Step 3: We'll start by subtracting the digit 1 and the borrow 1 from 2 in column 3 and get 0.
0 is the next digit of our result.

Step 4: We'll start by subtracting the digit 2 and the borrow 0 from 6 in column 4 and get 4.
4 is the next digit of our result.

So, 6252 - 2169 = 4083.