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reduce someone to the ranks

• demote a non-commissioned officer to an ordinary soldier.
• "the platoon consisted of ex-NCOs who had been reduced to the ranks for various offences"
Similar: demote, downgrade, lower, lower in rank/status, abase, humble, demean, belittle, humiliate, bring low, bust,
Opposite: promote,


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