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eighty-six

verb / ay-tee-SIKS

Definition

: (slang) to refuse to serve (a customer); also : to get rid of : throw out

Examples

The bar's policy is that bartenders have both the authority and responsibility to eighty-six customers who disrupt other patrons.

"He eighty-sixed the last reform once he was safely re-elected, saying he wanted to give municipalities more time to get ready for the change." — Brian O'Neill, The Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Post-Gazette, 14 June 2007