kick downstairs

Verb
  1. Assign to a lower position;
    Reduce in rank (synset 202404473)
    "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
    is a type of: assign, delegate, depute, designate - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
    subtypes:
    • sideline - remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position
    • reduce - bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
    same as: break, bump, demote, relegate

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