kick (someone) upstairs

to give someone a new job which seems more powerful but is really less powerful, usually in order to stop them causing trouble for you.

Brown is being kicked upstairs to become chairman of the new company.

• put through hell
• put through hoops
• put through paces
• put through something
• put through their paces
• put through the mill
• put through the wringer
• put to bed
• put to death
• put too fine a point on it
• put to shame
• put to sleep
• put to the test
• put toward
• put toward something
• put two and two together
• put two and two together and get five
• put two and two together and make five
• put two cents in
• put two cents worth in
• put two fingers up at
• put two fingers up at someone
• put two fingers up at something
• putty in hands
• putty in your hands