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20. One look at Merriam-Webster's dismisses this farce:

1
informal
a
: to refuse to serve (a customer)
b
: to eject or ban (a customer)
2
informal
a
: to remove (an item) from a menu : to no longer offer (an item) to customers
b
: to reject, discontinue, or get rid of (something)

If you work in a restaurant or bar, you might eighty-six (or “eliminate”) a menu item when you run out of it, or you might eighty-six (or “cut off”) a customer who should no longer be served. Eighty-six is still used in this specific context, but it has also entered the general language. These days, you don't have to be a worker in a restaurant or bar to eighty-six something—you just have to have something to get rid of or discard. There are many popular but unsubstantiated theories about the origin of eighty-six. The explanation judged most probable according to Merriam-Webster's research is that the word was created as a rhyming slang word for nix, which means “to veto” or “to reject.”

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eighty-six