deep-six

deep–six

verb \ˈdēp-ˈsiks\

Definition of DEEP-SIX

transitive verb

1

: to get rid of : discard, eliminate <legislators voting to deep–six a government program>

2

slang : to throw overboard

First Known Use of DEEP-SIX

1952

Related to DEEP-SIX

Synonyms: cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unload

Related Words: abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake; dismiss, kick out; abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out

Near Antonyms: adopt, embrace, take on; employ, use, utilize; hold, hold back, keep, retain

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