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Other crossword clues for answer "DEMOTE"

DEMOTE
Kick downstairs
Grade down
Drop in rank
Take down a peg or two
Knock down, title-wise
Send down the ladder
Tear a stripe off
Take down a peg
Take down a notch
Reduce in rank
Take away responsiblity
Knock down a rung on the corporate ladder
Bust, in a way
Take stripes from
Lower in rank
Reduce in grade
Bump at the office, maybe
Punish for a military rules violation, perhaps
Break
Downgrade
Remove a stripe, perhaps
Knock down
Break in rank
Bust
Move down.
Move down a peg.
Lower.
Reduce
Set back a grade
Lower in grade
Take an officer down a peg
Knock down a peg
Remove responsibility from
Take a stripe from
Bump down
Drop down
Bump down but keep on
Knock down in rank
Knock down a peg or two
Assign to a lesser rank
Take stripes away
Put in a worse position?
Bump down the corporate ladder
Punish with a reduction in rank
Relegate to a lower position
Bust, militarily
Punish for insubordination, perhaps