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deep-six
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  1. (idiom) to throw something overboard from a ship
  2. (idiom) to get rid of something unwanted
First, the stark message to "eat less" of a particular food has been deep-sixed. - 28/01/2007, New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5087%0A&em&en=ce28063f61d4a925&ex=1170219600
Etymology: From deep + six.Maybe: depth of a grave (six feet).

     
 
  

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