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KICK DOWNSTAIRS
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
Example:
He was broken down to Sergeant
Synonyms:
break; bump; demote; kick downstairs; relegate
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
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
