Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to eighty-six
Participle: eighty-sixed
Gerund: eighty-sixing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | eighty-six |
| you | eighty-six |
| he;she;it | eighty-sixes |
| we | eighty-six |
| you | eighty-six |
| they | eighty-six |
Perfect
| I | have eighty-sixed |
| you | have eighty-sixed |
| he;she;it | has eighty-sixed |
| we | have eighty-sixed |
| you | have eighty-sixed |
| they | have eighty-sixed |
Past
| I | eighty-sixed |
| you | eighty-sixed |
| he;she;it | eighty-sixed |
| we | eighty-sixed |
| you | eighty-sixed |
| they | eighty-sixed |
Pluperfect
| I | had eighty-sixed |
| you | had eighty-sixed |
| he;she;it | had eighty-sixed |
| we | had eighty-sixed |
| you | had eighty-sixed |
| they | had eighty-sixed |
Future
| I | will eighty-six |
| you | will eighty-six |
| he;she;it | will eighty-six |
| we | will eighty-six |
| you | will eighty-six |
| they | will eighty-six |
Future Perfect
| I | will have eighty-sixed |
| you | will have eighty-sixed |
| he;she;it | will have eighty-sixed |
| we | will have eighty-sixed |
| you | will have eighty-sixed |
| they | will have eighty-sixed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | eighty-six |
| you | eighty-six |
| he;she;it | eighty-six |
| we | eighty-six |
| you | eighty-six |
| they | eighty-six |
Perfect
| I | have eighty-sixed |
| you | have eighty-sixed |
| he;she;it | have eighty-sixed |
| we | have eighty-sixed |
| you | have eighty-sixed |
| they | have eighty-sixed |
Imperfect
| I | eighty-sixed |
| you | eighty-sixed |
| he;she;it | eighty-sixed |
| we | eighty-sixed |
| you | eighty-sixed |
| they | eighty-sixed |
Pluperfect
| I | had eighty-sixed |
| you | had eighty-sixed |
| he;she;it | had eighty-sixed |
| we | had eighty-sixed |
| you | had eighty-sixed |
| they | had eighty-sixed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would eighty-six |
| you | would eighty-six |
| he;she;it | would eighty-six |
| we | would eighty-six |
| you | would eighty-six |
| they | would eighty-six |
Perfect
| I | would have eighty-sixed |
| you | would have eighty-sixed |
| he;she;it | would have eighty-sixed |
| we | would have eighty-sixed |
| you | would have eighty-sixed |
| they | would have eighty-sixed |
Imperative
| you | eighty-six |
| we | Let's eighty-six |
| you | eighty-six |
Verbs conjugated like 'eighty-six'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'eighty-six'
right-size,
eight-ball,
eighth,
hightail,
rightsize,
rightwise,
weight-lift,
baby-sit,
birdysit,
deep-six,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Unknown for certain. Possibly rhyming slang for nix (“cancel, say no to”) (given by the OED), or possibly part of a code of such numbers created in the 1920s. See also: Wikipedia:86 (term) and 86.
Sample Sentences
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Equipment on a warship set to be upgraded or disposed of was given the code AT-6, or phonetically “eighty-six”. [2025 May 16, Edward Helmore, “What does ‘8647’ really mean? Not what Trump’s supporters are saying”, in The Guardian:]