| VERB | social | kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise, elevate | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position |
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| Meaning | Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | promote, upgrade, advance, raise, elevate | |
| Narrower | brevet | Promote somebody by brevet, in the military |
| bring up | Promote from a lower position or rank | |
| ennoble, gentle, entitle | Give a title / title to someone | |
| prefer, favor, favour | Promote over another | |
| spot promote | Promote on the spot | |
| tenure | Give life-time employment / employment to | |
| Broader | delegate, designate, depute, assign | Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) |
| Opposite | demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs | Assign to a lower position |
| Spanish | anticipar, ascender | |
| Catalan | anticipar | |
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