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Demote   Listen
verb
Demote  v. t.  (past & past part. demoted; pres. part. demoting)  To reduce to a lower grade or rank, as in the military, one's employment, or in school; to assign to a lower position.
Synonyms: bump, relegate, kick downstairs, break one's rank.






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"Demote" Quotes from Famous Books



... Billy Kasker wandered off for a few moments and I had to demote him. But it was nothing. See you next year when I bring another graduating class ...
— Be It Ever Thus • Robert Moore Williams



Words linked to "Demote" :   depute, sideline, relegate, delegate, break, assign, reduce, bump



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