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overboard
[oh-ver-bawrd, -bohrd]
adverb
over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water.
to fall overboard.
overboard
/ ˈəʊəˌɔː /
adverb
from on board a vessel into the water
informal
to be extremely enthusiastic
to go to extremes
to reject or abandon
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of overboard1
Idioms and Phrases
go overboard, to go to extremes, especially in regard to approval or disapproval of a person or thing.
I think the critics went overboard in panning that new show.
Example Sentences
A person has gone overboard from a ferry in the Firth of Clyde.
That said, there is a tendency to go overboard and over-interpret the long-term significance of any one election.
A search for a man who went overboard from a yacht has been suspended.
Crews are continuing to search for a man who went overboard from a yacht.
After separating out the minerals, the mining ships then pipe back overboard the processed waters, sediment and mining “fines,” which are the small particles of the ground-up nodule ore.
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