kick downstairs

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kick downstairs - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  kick downstairs
      v 1: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was
           demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down
           to Sergeant" [syn: demote, bump, relegate, break,
           kick downstairs] [ant: advance, elevate, kick upstairs
           , promote, raise, upgrade]