demote
verb (used with object)
to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote).
am demoting
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present progressiveof demote (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"You will replace Hanks, whom I am demoting."
From Stopover Planet by Robert E. Gilbert
