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Definition of deep-six in English: deep-sixverb [with object]North American informal Destroy or dispose of (something) irretrievably. 〈北美，非正式〉毁灭，摒弃 someone had deliberately deep-sixed evidence 有人故意毁灭了证据。 Example sentencesExamples - The fear that they would put audiences into narcoleptic slumber is probably why proposals for a TV channel to cover events at the world organization are often raised only to be deep-sixed.
- Frankie and Johnny was deep-sixed by an unlikable heroine and a rather boring screenplay.
- The bean counters deep-six one of your equipment purchase orders because they say it's too expensive.
- To keep them quiet, they'd have to deep-six everybody who took part.
- What might have been an endurable serial killer flick is deep-sixed by superfluous scenes and atrocious writing.
- Among other things, the legislation deep-sixed restrictions that had forbidden banks from owning insurance companies and brokerages, and vice versa.
- Robbins should have deep-sixed the sentimental scenes and given us more caricature.
- If you totally deep-six the friendship, he will figure everything out - if he hasn't already.
- The administration, of course, has already deep-sixed that one.
- The old notion of stretching first, when your muscles are cold, was deep-sixed long ago.
- These are just some of the tools and techniques we need to explore and evaluate before deep-sixing search.
- So even as NASA and its international partners build their brand-new space station Alpha, there is a detailed plan to safely deep-six the outpost when its days are over.
- Likewise, a promise to deep-six an auto-tax hike could also fall by the wayside.
- Well a big chunk of the famed New York subway system is getting deep-sixed, literally.
- They never really wanted to offend their corporate contributors, and now that the elections are over, they've deep-sixed any action to stop this tax scam.
- The government clearly had no use for the commission's 1979 report and deep-sixed it on arrival.
- I also deep-sixed a few sites whose content had taken an nosedive in the past two years.
- Today he is pressing the important story of the independent counsel report that some would prefer to see deep-sixed: ‘Coverup?’
- A loss would deep-six his career and ruin his self-image.
- It's time to deep-six ill-conceived ideas like this and relegate those who propose them to the dust bin of history.
Synonyms bury, lay to rest, consign to the grave, entomb, inurn
Origin1920s (as the deep six 'the grave'): perhaps from the custom of burial at sea at a depth of six fathoms. Definition of deep-six in US English: deep-sixverbˈdip ˈˌsɪksˈdēp ˈˌsiks [with object]North American informal Destroy or dispose of (something) irretrievably. 〈北美，非正式〉毁灭，摒弃 someone had deliberately deep-sixed evidence 有人故意毁灭了证据。 Example sentencesExamples - The fear that they would put audiences into narcoleptic slumber is probably why proposals for a TV channel to cover events at the world organization are often raised only to be deep-sixed.
- These are just some of the tools and techniques we need to explore and evaluate before deep-sixing search.
- They never really wanted to offend their corporate contributors, and now that the elections are over, they've deep-sixed any action to stop this tax scam.
- Robbins should have deep-sixed the sentimental scenes and given us more caricature.
- It's time to deep-six ill-conceived ideas like this and relegate those who propose them to the dust bin of history.
- If you totally deep-six the friendship, he will figure everything out - if he hasn't already.
- The bean counters deep-six one of your equipment purchase orders because they say it's too expensive.
- Frankie and Johnny was deep-sixed by an unlikable heroine and a rather boring screenplay.
- I also deep-sixed a few sites whose content had taken an nosedive in the past two years.
- The government clearly had no use for the commission's 1979 report and deep-sixed it on arrival.
- Well a big chunk of the famed New York subway system is getting deep-sixed, literally.
- A loss would deep-six his career and ruin his self-image.
- The administration, of course, has already deep-sixed that one.
- Likewise, a promise to deep-six an auto-tax hike could also fall by the wayside.
- Today he is pressing the important story of the independent counsel report that some would prefer to see deep-sixed: ‘Coverup?’
- Among other things, the legislation deep-sixed restrictions that had forbidden banks from owning insurance companies and brokerages, and vice versa.
- To keep them quiet, they'd have to deep-six everybody who took part.
- What might have been an endurable serial killer flick is deep-sixed by superfluous scenes and atrocious writing.
- So even as NASA and its international partners build their brand-new space station Alpha, there is a detailed plan to safely deep-six the outpost when its days are over.
- The old notion of stretching first, when your muscles are cold, was deep-sixed long ago.
Synonyms bury, lay to rest, consign to the grave, entomb, inurn
Origin1920s (as the deep six ‘the grave’): perhaps from the custom of burial at sea at a depth of six fathoms. |