KICK UPSTAIRS

Pronunciation (US):

 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