go overboard
Show excessive enthusiasm, act in an excessive way. For example, It's easy to go overboard with a new stock offering, or She really went overboard, hiring the most expensive caterer. [Mid-1900s]
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How to use go overboard in a sentence
After all, when the MRM decides a woman has transgressed even in the slightest, some of its members tend to go overboard.
Of course, we shouldn't go overboard: Oregon only looked at hypertension, cholesterol, and blood sugar.
No, Really, It's Possible That Health Insurance May Not Make Us Healthier | Megan McArdle | May 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSome players go overboard, blowing through hundreds or thousands of dollars.
But even when celebs do open up, they tend to not go overboard with details.
If you want to go overboard and really pile up the tastes, serve this with Hot Buttered Rum Sauce.
As it was, it was necessary for half the crew to go overboard, stand on the rock, and lift the canoe off.
A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State | Marcus DormanNeither is she the kind to go overboard in a few days, especially when I was there.
Sentiment, Inc. | Poul William AndersonIf he should really go overboard with a bullet in his brain, farewell to Kate Bonnet, farewell to his mother!
Kate Bonnet | Frank R. StocktonArtie Lyon had seen Sandy go overboard, and now he drew his uncle's attention to the scene.
An Undivided Union | Oliver OpticSo it is harmless, and if we can tire one out I'm not afraid to go overboard and tackle him in the water.
Dick in the Everglades | A. W. Dimock
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