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deep-six

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deep-six (dpsks)
tr.v. deep-sixed, deep-six·ing, deep-six·es Slang
1. To toss overboard.
2. To toss out; get rid of: deep-sixed the incriminating papers.
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Verb1.deep-six - toss out; get rid of; "deep-six these old souvenirs!"
chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
2.deep-six - throw from a boat
throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"

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After Stephen Harper and the Conservatives took power in Ottawa one year ago, they made good on their promise to deep-six the previous Liberal government's promised universal child-care program.
Most X-fans could easily come up with a short list of mutants they'd like to deep-six.
I've figured out how to deep-six that detestable, untestable, pseudoscientific, time-wasting, national embarrassment of a nontheory called Intelligent Design.
 
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