be kicked upstairs

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be kicked upstairs

To be promoted to a higher role or position in a company that has little actual responsibility or authority. John was kicked upstairs to an assistant manager position so he would stop griping about his pay.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dinis	dee-NEES (Portuguese), jee-NEES (Brazilian Portuguese)	Portuguese
Durga	DOOR-ga (Hinduism)	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil
Aggis	['ægis]
Madonna	[mə'dɔnə]
Kirill	kee-REEL	Russian
Ivo (1)	EE-vo (German, Dutch, Italian), EE-fo (German), EE-voo (Portuguese)	German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Ancient Germanic