Meanings
present singular third person kicks upstairs · participle present kicking upstairs · participle past kicked upstairs · past kicked upstairs
- idiomaticinformaltransitiveTo promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status.
Synonyms: boot upstairs
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status.
More synonyms by meaning
verbgive a promotion to or assign to a higher position
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch wegpromoveren
- wegpromoverento promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence
Finnish ylentää pois tieltä
- ylentää pois tieltäto promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence
German wegbefördern, fortbefördern
- wegbefördernto promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence
- fortbefördernto promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence
- weglobento promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence
- fortlobento promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence
Polish awansować na mało znaczące stanowisko
- awansować na mało znaczące stanowiskoto promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence
Cite this entry
kick upstairs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kick%20upstairs
“kick upstairs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kick%20upstairs. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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