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View definitions for relegate

relegate

verb as in assign, transfer

verb as in banish, downgrade

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And while England have reached the Nations League finals, been relegated and been promoted, the tournament has yet to really capture the imagination in the country.

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Davids' Barnet remain to this day the only team to ever get 51 points in League Two and be relegated.

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There is no option other than to relegate herself to this turmoil.

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United finished 15th in the Premier League last season, their worst performance since the 1973-74 campaign in which they were relegated from the top flight.

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In 2023-24, two of their three league wins were against relegated Bristol City.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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