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kick downstairs::verb | Spocien Dictionary

kick downstairs

verb

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assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

Type	Words
Synonyms	break, bump, demote, relegate
Type of	assign, delegate, depute, designate
Has types	reduce, sideline

kick downstairs

Unless someone under contract that Sutter covets shakes free, he sounds like a man who will kick himself downstairs to coach again.

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