kick upstairs

Found in thesaurus: depute, designate, delegate, assign

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kick upstairs
v. (Slang) give a promotion to; promote to a higher but less desirable position

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kick upstairs

Verb
1. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
(synonym) promote, upgrade, advance, raise, elevate
(hypernym) delegate, designate, depute, assign
(hyponym) tenure


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kick upstairs
Synonyms and related words:
advance, aggrandize, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, dethrone, disbar, discharge, discrown, disemploy, disenthrone, dismiss, displace, displume, drum out, elevate, ennoble, exalt, excommunicate, expel, fire, furlough, give the ax, give the gate, graduate, kick, knight, lay off, let go, let out, liquidate, make redundant, oust, overthrow, pass, pension, pension off, prefer, promote, purge, raise, read out of, release, remove, remove from office, replace, retire, sack, separate forcibly, strip, strip of office, strip of rank, superannuate, surplus, suspend, turn off, turn out, unchurch, unfrock, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone, up, upgrade
  

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kick upstairs
idm. กำจัดทิ้ง

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kick upstairs
Eng: kick upstairs
Urdu: بظاہِر بہتر عہدے پر ترقی دے دینا لیکن در حقیقت نافرمانبردار ۔