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).
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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).
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Jeremy Gruber,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
If any of the browsers can't load the page, I deep-six it.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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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Inspectors stopped food preparation immediately and tomato soup prepared with the brown water was discarded.
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The council also ordered up a measure doubling the amount of money allocated for the Department of Recreation and Parks, discarding an alternative plan that would have increased it by 50%.
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Starmer ditched some of his predecessor’s more left-wing policies and apologized for antisemitism that an internal investigation concluded had been allowed to spread under Corbyn.
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There are many reasons for this – not the least of which is that ditching the pilot and the cockpit itself opens up the opportunity to not only simplify the design of the aircraft, but also free up valuable cargo space and reduce weight.
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Plum Island beaches in Newburyport, Massachusetts are closed after 60,000 gallons of wastewater were accidentally dumped into the Merrimack River on Thursday.
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By the end of the debate, about 150 men dressed in Indigenous costumes, their faces smeared with soot, stormed to a nearby wharf and dumped a literal boatload of tea into the water.
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There is no scrapeable archive of how to grasp a wet cup, unload a box that sags in the middle, fold a towel, or help an older adult out of a chair.
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The port attributed the declines to shippers wanting to unload cargo at a first or second port call to get ahead of any tariff deadlines.
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But every time Panama loses possession, Croatia is ready to take up residence in the attacking third.
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The shelf-stable meals are designed to help families whose children lose access to school lunches during the summer months.
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With a lockout coming, fans who lack trust in the organization could abandon their fandom completely.
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After her father abandoned the family, her mother moved Blyth and her sister to New York City.
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