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What does deep-six mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word deep-six? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (US, idiomatic) to throw something overboard from a ship
  2. (US, idiomatic) to get rid of something unwanted
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The Bush administration tried to deep-six this annual survey.
To keep them quiet, they'd have to deep-six everybody who took part.
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.
And get ready in the very near future to deep-six those plastic remote control devices for your electronics.
Likewise, a promise to deep-six an auto-tax hike could also fall by the wayside.
I have wanted to deep-six our opening credits for about two years.

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