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View definitions for relegate

relegate

verb as in assign, transfer

verb as in banish, downgrade

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When Liverpool were relegated from the WSL in 2020, criticism over a lack of investment in the women's team was rife.

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Chilton decided that he couldn’t and relegated him to his old role of analyzing companies for the guy who actually made the investment decisions.

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For now, the reporters are relegated to lower press — where a wrangler admitted in writing that they cannot speak on the record for the administration.

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They finished 15th in Premier League, their worst performance since the 1973-74 campaign in which they were relegated from the top flight.

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The match on 24 August was the first between the teams since Palace were relegated from the Europa League to the Conference League for breaking Uefa's multi-club ownership rules.

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

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