eighty-six
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eighty-six
slang
1. To eject (someone) from an establishment without serving them. The boss hates this guy and wants us to eighty-six him. You have no grounds to eighty-six us! Hey, watch the hair! Tell the bouncer to eighty-six those obnoxious guys, will ya?
2. To cancel or stop (something); to nix (something). Why would they eighty-six the plans for renovations? The building is practically falling apart. The board of directors eighty-sixed our proposal. I decided to eighty-six the project before the costs ballooned any further.
3. To dispose of (something). Ugh, can we please eighty-six the coleslaw? Just looking at it is making me nauseous. The first step in this recipe is to carve out your fruit and eighty-six the seeds. I always hated having to eighty-six so much of people's food when I used to work as a waiter.
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eighty-six something
Sl. to throw something away. Let's eighty-six this stew and go out and get some decent pizza.
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86
verbSee eighty-six
eighty-six
and 86 tv. to dispose of someone or something; to nix someone or something. He wants $400? Eighty-six that! We can’t afford it.
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