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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"
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
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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