deep-six
1 of 2verb
ˈdēp-ˈsiks 
deep-sixed; deep-sixing; deep-sixes
transitive verb
1
: to get rid of : discard, eliminate
legislators voting to deep-six a government program
2
slang : to throw overboard
deep six
2 of 2noun
slang
: a place of disposal or abandonment —used especially in the phrase give it the deep six
Synonyms
Verb
- cashier
- cast (off)
- chuck
- discard
- ditch
- dump
- eighty-six
- 86
- exorcise
- exorcize
- fling (off or away)
- jettison
- junk
- lay by
- lose
- pitch
- reject
- scrap
- shed
- shuck (off)
- slough (off)
- sluff (off)
- throw away
- throw out
- toss
- unload
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
from the leadsman's call by the deep six for a depth corresponding to the sixth deep on a sounding line
First Known Use
Verb
1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1929, in the meaning defined above
deep-sixes
verb
as in ditches
to get rid of as useless or unwanted deep-sixed the documents with the incriminating evidence Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- ditches
- dumps
- discards
- unloads
- loses
- eighty-sixes
- scraps
- throws away
- exorcizes
- disposes of
- abandons
- rejects
- sheds
- lays by
- sets aside
- junks
- sluffs (off)
- jettisons
- cashiers
- chucks
- exorcises
- tosses
- sloughs (off)
- flings (off or away)
- throws out
- removes
- 86es
- casts (off)
- shucks (off)
- eliminates
- pitches
- kicks out
- dismisses
- deserts
- forsakes
- abdicates
- wipes out
- abolishes
- extirpates
- expunges
- eradicates
- stamps (out)
- exterminates
- annihilates
- extinguishes
- liquidates
- roots (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- uses
- embraces
- takes on
- adopts
- utilizes
- employs
- holds
- keeps
- retains
- holds back