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Relegate

verb/REL-uh-gayt/

To move someone or something down to a lower or less important position.

He relegated his old toys to a dusty box under the bed.

'Re-' (back) plus 'leg' (send) - to relegate is to send something back down.

Often used in sport for dropping a team, or generally for pushing something aside.