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relegated

 
Verb relegate has 4 senses
  1. relegate, pass on, submit - refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
    --1 is one way to submit, subject
    Derived forms: noun relegation1, noun relegating1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
  2. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant"
    --2 is one way to delegate, designate, depute, assign
    Derived form: noun relegation2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s something PP
  3. banish, relegate, bar - expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
    --3 is one way to expel, throw out, kick out
    Derived form: noun relegation3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
  4. relegate, classify - assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
    --4 is one way to assign, attribute
    Derived form: noun relegation2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
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