这个短语由于水门事件听证会而得到广泛的应用。听证会揭露，一个白宫的处置队受命将卷宗“deep six”(用作名词或动词)在河里。

• The phrase gained a wider application as a result of the Watergate hearings, during which it was revealed that a Whitehouse disposal team had been ordered to "deep six"(used as a noun or a verb) files in a river.