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q_sharon
01/07/09, 06:12 PM
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relegate - (verb)

1. relegate - refer to another person for decision or judgment.

"She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

2. relegate - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.

She was relegated because she always spoke up.
He was relegated to Sergeant.

3. relegate - expel, as if by official decree.

He was relegated from his own country.


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