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Synonyms & Antonyms of deep-six
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- deep-sixed the documents with the incriminating evidence
Synonyms for deep-six
- cashier,
- cast (off),
- chuck,
- discard,
- 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
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“Deep-six.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deep-six. Accessed 29 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of deep-six was in 1929
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