deep six
[verb]
Synonyms: discard, cast, chuck, dice, ditch, jettison, junk, reject, scrap, throw away

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ˌdeep ˈsix verb [transitive]
American English informal to decide not to use something such as a plan

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deep-six
deep-six (someone/something)
[American, informal]
to get rid of someone or something.
They want to deep-six the project because it's costing too much money.

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deep-six something
deep-six (someone/something)
[American, informal]
to get rid of someone or something.
They want to deep-six the project because it's costing too much money.

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deep-six
• deep-six (someone or something)
to get rid of or dispose of someone or something; to throw away something
I decided to deep-six the videos as I did not want them any longer.

I decided to deep-six some of the old comics that I had collected.

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deep-six something
• deep-six (someone or something)
to get rid of or dispose of someone or something; to throw away something
I decided to deep-six the videos as I did not want them any longer.

I decided to deep-six some of the old comics that I had collected.

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deep six
v., slang To throw away; dispose of.
As the police boat came near, the drug smugglers deep-sixed their cargo. (An expression originally used by sailors, suggesting throwing something into water six fathoms deep.)

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