Meaning of KICK UPSTAIRS

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[v]  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"
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	Synonyms:		advance, elevate, promote, raise, upgrade
	Antonyms:		break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
	See Also:		assign, brevet, bring up, delegate, depute, designate, ennoble, entitle, favor, favour, gentle, prefer, spot promote, tenure
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		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