de·mote, de·mot·ed, de·mot·ing, de·motes To reduce in grade, - TopicsExpress



          

de·mote, de·mot·ed, de·mot·ing, de·motes To reduce in grade, rank, or status. de·motion n. Synonyms: demote, break, bust2, degrade, downgrade, reduce These verbs mean to lower in grade, rank, or status: was demoted from captain to lieutenant; a noncommissioned officer broken to the ranks; a detective who was busted to uniformed traffic patrol for insubordination; a supervisor degraded to an assistant; a popular author downgraded by critical opinion to a genre writer; was reduced from a command post to a desk job. Antonym: promote
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:52:19 +0000

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