deep six
An ejection, discardment or destructionAn ejection, discardment or destruction.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, informal)An ejection, discardment or destruction.
(idiomatic, informal)The grave or death; also, the (notional) place where something is discarded.
Origin
First use appears c. 1929 as a noun, most likely from the nautical cry by the deep six indFirst use appears c. 1929 as a noun, most likely from the nautical cry by the deep six indicating a depth of six fathoms (36 feet, 11 metres) as measured by a sounding line (a depth at which something thrown overboard would be difficult to recover), though possibly also a reference to the common depth of graves (six feet). Attested since the 1950s as a verb.
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Forms
plural: deep sixesWord family
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