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-six
verb
as in to discard
to get rid of as useless or unwanted deep-sixed the documents with the incriminating evidence Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- discard
- ditch
- dump
- unload
- lose
- abandon
- scrap
- jettison
- reject
- toss
- shed
- chuck
- junk
- exorcise
- remove
- eliminate
- set aside
- throw away
- lay by
- exorcize
- dismiss
- cashier
- eighty-six
- forsake
- throw out
- sluff (off)
- abolish
- dispose of
- pitch
- abdicate
- eradicate
- 86
- shuck (off)
- slough (off)
- expunge
- fling (off or away)
- desert
- exterminate
- cast (off)
- extirpate
- kick out
- liquidate
- annihilate
- extinguish
- wipe out
- stamp (out)
- root (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- adopt
- embrace
- use
- utilize
- employ
- keep
- retain
- hold
- take on
- hold back
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- black sloe
- black smallpox
- black smoker
- black snake
- black snapper
- black snowbird
- black southern beech
- Black Spanish
- black speck
- black spleenwort
- black sponge
- black spot
- black spruce
- black squall
- black squirrel
- black stem
- black stem rust
- black stinkwood
- black stock
- black stork
- black streak
- black stripe
- black stripe canker
- black studies