Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spot_promote

1 sense of spot promote

Sense 1
spot promote -- (promote on the spot; "Supreme Bishop Digby had been spot-promoted to Archangel")
       => promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate -- (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work")