as in to discard
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
deep-sixed the documents with the incriminating evidence
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Recent Examples of deep-six
Trump officials sought to deep-six the findings by publishing it the day after Thanksgiving.
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Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
Since then, Democratic Party insiders, Republican Party insiders, minor political parties, and many national reform and good government groups, have tried (and failed) to deep-six the system because the public overwhelmingly supports it (over 60% every year it’s polled).
—Jeremy Gruber, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Since then, Democratic Party insiders, Republican Party insiders, minor political parties, and many national reform and good government groups have tried (and failed) to deep-six the system because the public overwhelmingly supports it (over 60% every year it’s polled).
—Jeremy Gruber, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
If any of the browsers can't load the page, I deep-six it.
—PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
The 2024 holidays were incessantly interrupted by slash-and-burn politics, from the ongoing furor over President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks to the budget crisis at Chicago’s City Hall and the battle to deep-six the Chicago Public Schools chief.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Will the current climate of contention, controversy and general bad vibes from both sides of the Middle East divide crash the parties and deep-six the celebrations for a truly outstanding year of cinema and small-screen achievements?
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
Since then, Democratic Party insiders, Republican Party insiders, minor political parties, and many national reform and good government groups, have tried (and failed) to deep-six the system because the public overwhelmingly supports it (over 60% every year it’s polled).
—Jeremy Gruber, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Since then, Democratic Party insiders, Republican Party insiders, minor political parties, and many national reform and good government groups have tried (and failed) to deep-six the system because the public overwhelmingly supports it (over 60% every year it’s polled).
—Jeremy Gruber, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
If any of the browsers can't load the page, I deep-six it.
—PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
The 2024 holidays were incessantly interrupted by slash-and-burn politics, from the ongoing furor over President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks to the budget crisis at Chicago’s City Hall and the battle to deep-six the Chicago Public Schools chief.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Will the current climate of contention, controversy and general bad vibes from both sides of the Middle East divide crash the parties and deep-six the celebrations for a truly outstanding year of cinema and small-screen achievements?
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deep-six
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Constructing his earliest works from castoff two-by-fours, Mosley soon progressed to carving small figures and from there to using a chisel and gauge to shape larger abstract forms from fallen logs of hickory, cherry, and sycamore discarded by the city’s parks department.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 Mar. 2026
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Strain into a rocks glass and garnish with drops of Angostura Bitters and a lemon peel, discarded.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
7 Mar. 2026
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His cell phone was also in the van at the time, which his wife and police were able to track to the 1500 block of West Homer Street, where the thieves ditched it.—
Sabrina Franza,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Georgia Senators are again trying to ditch the state’s touchscreen voting system and replace it with paper ballots filled out by hand, the AJC’s Caleb Groves reports.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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The fiery atmospheric reentries of satellites would be a source of pollution, too, dumping significant amounts of vaporized metal and plastic into our planet’s fragile upper atmosphere.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2026
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The volunteer cleaning teams found sofas, mattresses and other items dumped illegally on the streets and behind businesses.—
Staff report,
Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The hospital was guarded by Sri Lankan police and naval personnel, as workers unloaded bodies away from view.—
Krishan Francis,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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According to Nixon, vessels en route to the Middle East would instead have to unload cargo at ports like Fujairah and the Port of Colombo in Sri Lanka.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Mar. 2026
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Talarico’s victory marks a preliminary triumph for Democrats who argued that the path to ending the party’s 32-year statewide losing streak runs through coalition-building.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
4 Mar. 2026
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The country has lost two international allies this year through US action.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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But the island seems as forlorn and abandoned as any time since the fall of the Soviet Union.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Friday’s race was a replacement for the downhill five weeks ago at Swiss resort Crans-Montana, abandoned after Vonn crashed and tore the ACL in her left knee.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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