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eighty-six Definition

eighty-six (āt′ē siks)

transitive verb

  1. to eject from, or refuse to serve at, a place where alcoholic drinks are sold, as because of drunkenness
  2. to cut off, eject, eliminate, kill, etc.

eighty-six Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • year: Virtually all of the work included here was written within a single decade of Roberts's eighty-six year long life.
  • percent: Eighty-six percent of the world population has an ecological footprint smaller than 5.45 hectares.
  • foot: It is built with stone, is embattled, and rises to the height of eighty-six feet.
  • woman: No fewer than eighty-six women were employed at the time.

Preposition: per

  • cent: Eighty-six per cent concerned medication, but not one of those trials asked people whether they felt better.

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