KICK DOWNSTAIRS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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