'kick upstairs' definitions:
Definition of 'kick upstairs'
(from WordNet)
verb
Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "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" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate]
Synonyms of 'kick upstairs'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- aggrandize,
- boot,
- bounce,
- break,
- bump,
- bust,
- can,
- cashier,
- deconsecrate,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- demote,
- deplume,
- depose,
- deprive,
- dethrone,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- discrown,
- disemploy,
- disenthrone,
- dismiss,
- displace,
- displume,
- drum out,
- elevate,
- ennoble,
- exalt,
- excommunicate,
- expel,
- fire,
- furlough,
- give the ax,
- give the gate,
- graduate,
- kick,
- knight,
- lay off,
- let go,
- let out,
- liquidate,
- make redundant,
- oust,
- overthrow,
- pass,
- pension,
- pension off,
- prefer,
- promote,
- purge,
- raise,
- read out of,
- release,
- remove,
- remove from office,
- replace,
- retire,
- sack,
- separate forcibly,
- strip,
- strip of office,
- strip of rank,
- superannuate,
- surplus,
- suspend,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- unchurch,
- unfrock,
- unsaddle,
- unseat,
- unthrone,
- up,
- upgrade