eighty-six
verb
variants
or 86
eighty-sixed or 86'd; eighty-sixing or 86ing; eighty-sixes or 86es
1
informal
a
: to refuse to serve (a customer)
"Beer here, barkeep," he said. "You're eighty-sixed," Lucy said. "Cut off. No more for you."—
Mary Karr
b
: to eject or ban (a customer)
The club's bouncers eighty-sixed her.
I nodded at the corner bar beside us. He said, "I can't go in there." "Why?" "I'm eighty-sixed."—
Andre Dubus
broadly
: to eject, dismiss, or remove (someone)
He was eighty-sixed from Twitter following outrage from other users … —
Jason Wilson
The prof and his lovely wife … are ghosts, having recently been eighty-sixed from this world when their car was hit by a falling rock. —
John Stark
But [Jim] Boylen is yesterday's news now, kicked to the curb, eighty-sixed by the Bulls on Friday … —
Steve Greenberg
2
informal
a
: to remove (an item) from a menu : to no longer offer (an item) to customers
Many small restaurants or bars may run into issues with their inventory. When there are not enough ingredients left to make a popular dish or drink, they'll have to 86 it. This prevents customers from ordering it and then getting upset.—
Joshua Weatherwax
b
: to reject, discontinue, or get rid of (something)
Democratic leaders also eighty-sixed a similar amendment introduced in the House version of the bill …—
Dell Cameron
Sadly, … the heartless bottom-liners on the food committee eighty-sixed the black raspberry [ice cream] for good.—
Greg Kesich
So after attempting a Zoom interview that had them sounding as garbled as the off-camera adults in a "Peanuts" special, we eighty-sixed the audio on our computers and talked on the phone …—
Brian O'Neill
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