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eighty–six
verb \ˌā-tē-ˈsiks\
Definition of EIGHTY-SIX
transitive verb
slang : to refuse to serve (a customer); also : to get rid of : throw out
Variants of EIGHTY-SIX
eighty–six or 86 \ˌā-tē-ˈsiks\
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Origin of EIGHTY-SIX
probably rhyming slang for 3nix
First Known Use: 1959
Related to EIGHTY-SIX
- Synonyms
- cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unload
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