Search Result for "kick_upstairs":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position;
- Example: "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"
- Example: "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"
- Example: "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
[syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

kick upstairs
    v 1: 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]