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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
deep-six .
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Examples
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Another is the scene in "Troy" where Achilles deep-sixes Hector, the feisty but outclassed hometown hero.
Serving Humble Pie on the Jumbotron Joe Queenan 2011
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Here is the irony: Alongside the indisputable rise of fundamentalism over the last two decades, only some of it oriented towards violence, the Islamic world has undergone a shift that deep-sixes the cliché that Islam has held countries back from political and economic development.
John Feffer: The Lies of Islamophobia: The Three Unfinished Wars of the West Against the Rest John Feffer 2010
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Here is the irony: Alongside the indisputable rise of fundamentalism over the last two decades, only some of it oriented towards violence, the Islamic world has undergone a shift that deep-sixes the cliché that Islam has held countries back from political and economic development.
John Feffer: The Lies of Islamophobia: The Three Unfinished Wars of the West Against the Rest John Feffer 2010
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Here is the irony: Alongside the indisputable rise of fundamentalism over the last two decades, only some of it oriented towards violence, the Islamic world has undergone a shift that deep-sixes the cliché that Islam has held countries back from political and economic development.
John Feffer: The Lies of Islamophobia: The Three Unfinished Wars of the West Against the Rest John Feffer 2010
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Having an overstuffed 401 (k) account may seem a distant problem -- even more distant if the Dow deep-sixes on us.
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She makes an assumption and then without even attempting to tell you she feels a little neglected, she deep-sixes the whole thing.
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Clark in Smallville deep-sixes just about every meteor freak\Zoner he doesn't get packed off to the loony bin.
ELECTION DAY 2006 - WHOSE SIDE IS YOUR FAVORITE SUPERHERO ON? David Campbell 2006
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She makes an assumption and then without even attempting to tell you she feels a little neglected, she deep-sixes the whole thing.
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Academic hypocrisy, paranoia, ambition and confusion sound the note of this politically incorrect savaging of political correctness as it deep-sixes the life of a hapless creative-writing professor crossed by a frighteningly street-smart young student.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Kathleen Byrne 2011
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Slogan: "Holds 600 tunes for 600 hours, then deep-sixes them to 600 fathoms!"
SlipperyBrick.com 2010
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