Definition of Kick upstairs

1. Verb. Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position. "I got promoted after many years of hard work"

Exact synonyms: Advance, Elevate, Promote, Raise, Upgrade
Generic synonyms: Assign, Delegate, Depute, Designate
Specialized synonyms: Tenure, Bring Up, Spot Promote, Ennoble, Entitle, Gentle, Favor, Favour, Prefer, Brevet
Derivative terms: Advancement, Elevation, Elevation, Promotion
Antonyms: Demote

Definition of Kick upstairs

1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To promote (an employee considered troublesome) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kick Upstairs

kick starts
kick the bucket
kick the can
kick the can down the road
kick the habit
kick the tires
kick the tires and light the fires
kick the tyres
kick the wheels
kick to the curb
kick turn
kick up
kick up a fuss
kick up one's heels
kick up the arse
kick upstairs (current term)
kick wheel
kick with the other foot
kickable
kickapoos
kickaround
kickarounds
kickback
kickbacks
kickball
kickban
kickbanned
kickbanning

Literary usage of Kick upstairs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Illustrations of Irish History and Topography, Mainly of the Seventeenth by Caesar Litton Falkiner, Fynes Moryson, Josias Bodley, Luke Gernon, William Brereton, Albert Jouvin (1904)
"Yielding to these influences, Strafford characteristically resolved to give the aspirant a kick upstairs. ' If your lordship thinks Dean Andrews hath been ..."

2. Airmen and Air Theory: A Review of the Sources by Phillip S. Meilinger, Air University (U.S.). Press (2001)
"In what many (including Eaker himself) considered a "kick upstairs," Eaker received a promotion and moved to Italy, while Jimmy Doolittle took his place at ..."

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