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Definition of "deep-six" []

  • Slang To toss overboard. (verb-transitive)
  • Slang To toss out; get rid of: deep-sixed the incriminating papers. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "deep-six" in a sentence
  • "Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling"
  • "It was no better on my mother's side, where her Uncle Aloysius turned out to be the editor who told James Joyce to deep-six the title "The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and rename it "The Lads From the Liffey Were Feeling Quite Squiffy," because, as he put it, "C'mon, Jimbo: 'Portrait of the Artist' sounds like you're a Limey.""
  • "When motivation flags, bailing out doesn't just deep-six the goal, it deprives you of what you really need, the gratification of having moved forward."