Answer:

demoted

Answer	Crossword Clue
DEMOTED	Kicked downstairs
DEMOTED	Took down a peg
DEMOTED	Taken down a notch

DEMOTED	Knocked down a peg
DEMOTED	Reduced in rank
DEMOTED	Busted
DEMOTED	Busted, in a way
DEMOTED	Lowered in rank
DEMOTED	Took a stripe from
DEMOTED	Reduced in rank.
DEMOTED	Lowered.

DEMOTED	Broke in rank
DEMOTED	Taken down a peg
DEMOTED	Lowered in grade
DEMOTED	Downgraded
DEMOTED	Took a stripe from, say
DEMOTED	Lowered
DEMOTED	Sent down the ladder
DEMOTED	Taken down a notch?

DEMOTED	Knocked down a rung or two

Crossword

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