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- verb transitive, idiomatic To
promote (an employee considered troublesome) to a position of lesserinfluence , but of apparently higher status.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
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