Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To toss overboard.
- transitive verb To toss out; get rid of.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to discard in a deep body of water; -- also used figuratively, to discard contemptuously.
- transitive verb to throw from a boat into the water.
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- verb US (
idiomatic ) tothrow somethingoverboard from aship - verb US (
idiomatic ) toget rid of something unwanted
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb toss out; get rid of
- verb throw from a boat
Etymologies
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Examples
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And so, in a way, she's asking a jury to assume the mantle of Annie Wilkes, the mad fan in Stephen King's "Misery" who punished an author who dared to deep-six her favorite character.
Contract Killings on the Sets of Soaps and Sitcoms Eric Felten 2011
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Our view on energy: Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling - USATODAY. com
Our view on energy: Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling 2010
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Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling
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OUR VIEW: Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling
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In stump speeches and interviews, Ms. Bachmann said her tax work helped lead her to the conclusion that the U.S. should "deep-six" the tax code and scrap taxes on inheritance and capital gains, stances that have made her a tea-party favorite.
Bachmann's Tax Attorney Job Was Collector for the IRS Patrick O'Connor 2011
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The Beltway RNC crowd, including those who pushed the McCain-Palin candidacy in 2008, are now going to jump onto the Rick Perry bandwagon and deep-six the first of the true business candidates—Mitt Romney.
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It was no better on my mother's side, where her Uncle Aloysius turned out to be the editor who told James Joyce to deep-six the title "The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and rename it "The Lads From the Liffey Were Feeling Quite Squiffy," because, as he put it, "C'mon, Jimbo: 'Portrait of the Artist' sounds like you're a Limey."
Tracing My Roots and Coming Up With Dirt Joe Queenan 2011
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Don't use oil spill as excuse to deep-six domestic drilling
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When motivation flags, bailing out doesn't just deep-six the goal, it deprives you of what you really need, the gratification of having moved forward.
Joe Robinson: Don't Give Up: Why Effort Is The Key To Satisfaction Joe Robinson 2011
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Take a deep breath...and burn it in the fireplace, recycle it with this week's trash, or deep-six it in the back of a storage closet.
Frank Farwell: Should You Burn Your Business Plan? Frank Farwell 2012
johnmperry commented on the word deep-six
to bury (six feet under) << to kill
June 18, 2008
dailyword commented on the word deep-six
Mcgee was working on a novel named this.
September 2, 2012