KICK DOWNSTAIRS

Pronunciation (US):

 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 rank

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• KICK DOWNSTAIRS (verb)

Meaning:

Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

demote; kick downstairs; relegate; bump; break

Context examples:

She was demoted because she always speaks up / 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