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View definitions for relegate

relegate

verb as in assign, transfer

verb as in banish, downgrade

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In my opinion that all but relegates Wolves now.

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Newly-promoted Sunderland sit fourth after stunning Chelsea, while Leeds and Burnley also won this weekend as all three are on course to buck the trend of sides being relegated straight back to the Championship.

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What Skipper’s team has a chance to do Saturday might relegate those wins to fine print in his memoir.

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“It gets completely relegated in the campaigns,” said Johanna Miller, director of the New York Civil Liberties Union’s education policy center.

In symphony orchestras, the lone tuba is relegated to the back row, and the player’s face is sometimes obscured by the bell.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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