Definition of deep-six
transitive verb
2
slang
:to throw overboard
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First Known Use of deep-six
1952
deep-six Synonyms
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, unloadRelated Words
abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake; dismiss, kick out; abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe outNear Antonyms
adopt, embrace, take on; employ, use, utilize; hold, hold back, keep, retaindeep six
noun
Definition of deep six
slang
:a place of disposal or abandonment
—used especially in the phrase give it the deep six
Origin and Etymology of deep six
from the leadsman's call by the deep six for a depth corresponding to the sixth deep on a sounding line
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