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deep-six
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deep-six someone/something (American, informal)
to get rid of someone or something. They want to deep-six the project because it's costing too much money.


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But she deep-sixed her secretarial career when she joined Dean's excellent modern dance program.
Dancing without boundaries: immigrant dancers make their moves by Alfaro, Nancy / Dance Magazine
95 purchase to add thousands of dollars to the sale of your home, said store owner Hal Storey, who deep-sixed a statue to sell his Minnesota home in 1964.
REAL ESTATE SELLERS CALL FOR HIGHER AGENT'S HELP by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
This despicable plan was thankfully deep-sixed when news of the memo set off wide and universal outrage.
Whether it likes it or not, Hollywood is undergoing a 'C' change by Goodden, Herman / Catholic Insight
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