Brown is being kicked upstairs to become chairman of the new company.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
kick upstairs — ► kick upstairs informal remove (someone) from an influential position by giving them an ostensible promotion. Main Entry: ↑kick … English terms dictionary
kick upstairs — 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,… … Useful english dictionary
kick upstairs (to) — / push upstairs (to) Promote out of the way. ► “Some observers saw the Keshner move as a ‘kick upstairs’ that removed him from power.” (Investment Dealers Digest, June 27, 1994, p. 5) … American business jargon
kick upstairs — Synonyms and related words: advance, aggrandize, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, dethrone, disbar, discharge, discrown, disemploy, disenthrone, dismiss, displace,… … Moby Thesaurus
kick upstairs — phrasal to promote to a higher but less desirable position … New Collegiate Dictionary
kick upstairs — verb To promote (an employee considered troublesome) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status … Wiktionary
kick upstairs — v. (Slang) give a promotion to; promote to a higher but less desirable position … English contemporary dictionary
kick upstairs — idi to promote to a higher but less influential position … From formal English to slang
kick upstairs — Promote to a position which has more status but less influence … A concise dictionary of English slang
kick — ► VERB 1) strike or propel forcibly with the foot. 2) strike out with the foot or feet. 3) informal succeed in giving up (a habit or addiction). 4) (of a gun) recoil when fired. ► NOUN 1) an instance of kicking. 2) infor … English terms dictionary
