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KICK DOWNSTAIRS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kick downstairs mean? 

KICK DOWNSTAIRS (verb)
  The verb KICK DOWNSTAIRS has 1 sense:

1. assign to a lower position; reduce in rankplay

  Familiarity information: KICK DOWNSTAIRS used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KICK DOWNSTAIRS (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

break; bump; demote; kick downstairs; relegate

Context example:

He was broken down to Sergeant

Hypernyms (to "kick downstairs" is one way to...):

assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "kick downstairs"):

sideline (remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position)

reduce (bring to humbler or weaker state or condition)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something PP


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