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deep sixing

deep sixing is the present participle and gerund of deep six.

Meaning of deep six

Verb

deep six (third-person singular simple present deep sixes, present participle deep sixing, simple past and past participle deep sixed)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To discard, get rid of, or cancel; to completely put an end to something.
    • They had put many hundreds of hours into the project before it was deep-sixed by management.
  2. (idiomatic, informal, transitive, uncommon) To submerge (something) in water.

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Questions about deep sixing

What is deep sixing the present participle and gerund of?
Deep sixing is the present participle and gerund of deep six.

Words near deep sixing in the dictionary

  1. deep sea
  2. deep seas
  3. deep six
  4. deep sixed
  5. deep sixes
  6. deep sixing
  7. deep sleep
  8. deep sleeps
  9. deep song
  10. deep songs
  11. deep soul

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