Usually means: Excluding someone or something; reject.
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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word eighty-sixing:

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  1. eighty-sixing: Merriam-Webster
  2. eighty-sixing: Wiktionary
  3. eighty-sixing: Dictionary.com
  4. eighty-sixing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. eighty-sixing: Idioms

(Note: See eighty-six as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Eighty-six)

verb:  Alternative form of 86 [(informal, transitive) To cancel an order for food.]
▸ Also see eighty-six


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