kick upstairs
Verb
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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:
- 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
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