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▸ verb: (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To promote (an employee considered troublesome) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status.
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▸ verb: (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To promote (an employee considered troublesome) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status.
Similar:
elevate,
raise,
upgrade,
promote,
advance,
kick up,
boot upstairs,
bump,
climb,
fail upwards,
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