KICK UPSTAIRS
Dictionary entry overview: What does kick upstairs mean?
• KICK UPSTAIRS (verb)
The verb KICK UPSTAIRS has 1 sense:
1. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Familiarity information: KICK UPSTAIRS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• KICK UPSTAIRS (verb)
Meaning:
Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
elevate; kick upstairs; promote; upgrade; advance; raise
Context examples:
John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired / Women tend not to advance in the major law firms / I got promoted after many years of hard work
Hypernyms (to "kick upstairs" 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 upstairs"):
tenure (give life-time employment to)
bring up (promote from a lower position or rank)
spot promote (promote on the spot)
ennoble; entitle; gentle (give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility)
favor; favour; prefer (promote over another)
brevet (promote somebody by brevet, in the military)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
