See kick upstairs on Wiktionary
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"(transitive, informal, idiomatic) To promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status."
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"sense": "to promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence",
"word": "ylentää pois tieltä"
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"sense": "to promote (an employee) to a position of lesser influence",
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"word": "awansować na mało znaczące stanowisko"
}
],
"word": "kick upstairs"
}
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