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pecking order

noun

variants: also peck order

Synonyms and Antonyms of pecking order

the way in which people or things in a group or organization are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status

As an assistant manager, he was pretty low in the company's pecking order.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of pecking order

graduation, hierarchy, ladder, ordering, ranking, scale

arrangement, array, disposal, disposition, distribution, sequence, series, setup

degree, echelon, footing, level, place, position, reaches, rung, situation, spot, standing, station, status

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