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单词 kick someone upstairs
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kick someone upstairs

informal Remove someone from an influential position by giving them an ostensible promotion: he’ll be kicked upstairs for a year or so before taking early retirement...
  • Clifford removed General William Westmoreland as Vietnam commander, kicking him upstairs to become Army chief of staff and replacing him with General Creighton Abrams.
  • In March, he was kicked upstairs to head the World Bank.
  • Gromyko had been one of Gorbachev's supporters and he was kicked upstairs to become head of state.
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