“John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired”
- Synonyms:
- advance, elevate, promote, raise, upgrade
- Antonyms:
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break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
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tenure
give life-time employment to
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bring up
promote from a lower position or rank
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spot promote
promote on the spot
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ennoble, entitle, gentle
give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
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favor, favour, prefer
promote over another
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brevet
promote somebody by brevet, in the military
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baronetise, baronetize
confer baronetcy upon
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lord
make a lord of someone
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dub, knight
raise (someone) to knighthood
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advantage
give an advantage to
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assign, delegate, depute, designate
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
