Back
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Then, at the start of the third game, Sonny got promoted to Sergeant and put back in a patrol car — again — only to advance back to Narcotics detective by the end of that game!
- Hindenberg & Lundendorf (TM) then promoted the idea that an undefeated Germany had been stabbed in the back by those same civilians, a myth eagerly taken up by the Nazis.
Source: Promoted to Scapegoat -
Ten Minute Promotion - They're promoted for a moment, but events (or themselves) conspire to demote them right back into a position where they're back in the field.
Source: Four-Star Badass
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Promoted and Back. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/promoted
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Promoted or Back. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/promoted.
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