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Ejection, discardment or destruction. / The grave or death; also, the (notional) place where something is discarded.

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deep six

Source Word

deep six

Ejection, discardment or destruction. / The grave or death; also, the (notional) place where something is discarded.

Japanese Meaning

放逐、廃棄、破棄（何かを排除・取り除く行為） / 墓、死、または捨て去られた紀念的な場所（比喩的に捨てられたものが置かれる場所）

The board gave the project a deep six after the cost overruns were revealed.

コスト超過が明らかになったため、取締役会はそのプロジェクトを廃棄した。

Sense（1）

Ejection, discardment or destruction.

Otherwise when Don got in trouble he might have really got the deep six. He had a pretty level head, though, and I guess that's what saved him.

Sense（2）

The grave or death; also, the (notional) place where something is discarded.

the deep six

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