KICK DOWNSTAIRS
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
