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Meaning of 明升暗降

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
to ostensibly promote but actually demote; to kick sb. upstairs (idiom)
Example Sentences
1
Brown is being kicked upstairs to become chairman of the new company.
2
使
They kicked their manager upstairs by putting him on the managing committee.
3
使
They kicked upstairs their manager by putting him on the managing committee.
4
They decided to kick him upstairs and appoint a younger man to take his place.
5
To weaken his hold on the army, the new government kicked the five-star general upstairs by making him Secretary of State.