deep-six

• Verbe à particule signifiant se débarrasser de quelque chose, le détruire ou l'abandonner, souvent soudainement ou secrètement.

A phrasal verb meaning to discard, destroy, or get rid of something, often abruptly or secretly.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Discard or get rid ofinformalamerican

   To dispose of something, often abruptly or permanently.

   Se débarrasser de, jeter

   • The committee decided to deep-six the old proposal.
   • He deep-sixed all the outdated files from the server.
   • They deep-sixed the plan after the budget cuts.

   Synonymescast asidediscarddispose ofditchdumpjettisonjunkscrapthrow awaythrow out

   Antonymeskeeppreserveretainsave

2. Throw overboardinformalamerican

   To throw something from a boat or ship into the water.

   Jeter par-dessus bord

   • The sailors deep-sixed the damaged cargo.
   • They deep-sixed the trash over the side of the vessel.
   • The captain ordered the crew to deep-six the leaking barrels.

   Synonymescastdumpheavejettisonpitchthrow overboardtoss

Verbe de basedeep-six

Variantes phrasaldeep-six