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Synonyms & Antonyms of eighty-six
- decided to eighty-six his birth name the minute he arrived in Hollywood
Synonyms for eighty-six
- cashier,
- cast (off),
- chuck,
- deep-six,
- discard,
- ditch,
- dump,
- 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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From the Editors at Merriam-Webster
What Does 'Eighty-Six' Mean?
What Does 'Eighty-Six' Mean?
It comes from 1930s soda-counter slang meaning that an item was sold out.
Why Do We Say 'Put up Your Dukes'?
Why Do We Say 'Put up Your Dukes'?
If a phrase seems inexplicable, there's a chance that it comes from rhyming slang
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“Eighty-six.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eighty-six. Accessed 16 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of eighty-six was in 1948
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