KICK UPSTAIRS as VERB

1. Meaning
   • give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
   Synonym(s)
   • advance (what does advance mean?)
   • elevate (what does elevate mean?)
   • promote (what does promote mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • upgrade (what does upgrade mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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(s) kick upstairs is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • delegate (what does delegate mean?)
   • designate (what does designate mean?)
   • depute (what does depute mean?)
   • assign (what does assign mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • demote (what does demote mean?)
   • bump (what does bump mean?)
   • relegate (what does relegate mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • kick downstairs (what does kick downstairs mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • tenure (what does tenure mean?)
   • bring up (what does bring up mean?)
   • spot promote (what does spot promote mean?)
   • ennoble (what does ennoble mean?)
   • gentle (what does gentle mean?)
   • entitle (what does entitle mean?)
   • prefer (what does prefer mean?)
   • favor (what does favor mean?)
   • favour (what does favour mean?)
   • brevet (what does brevet mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • acme (what does acme mean?)
   • height (what does height mean?)
   • elevation (what does elevation mean?)
   • peak (what does peak mean?)
   • pinnacle (what does pinnacle mean?)
   • summit (what does summit mean?)
   • superlative (what does superlative mean?)
   • top (what does top mean?)
   • aggrandizement (what does aggrandizement mean?)
   • aggrandisement (what does aggrandisement mean?)
   • elevation (what does elevation mean?)
   • promotion (what does promotion mean?)
   • furtherance (what does furtherance mean?)
   • advancement (what does advancement mean?)
   • promotion (what does promotion mean?)