kick downstairs

Verb kick downstairs has 1 sense

• kick downstairs(v = verb.social) break, bump, demote, relegate - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
is one way to assign, delegate, depute, designate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something PP