go overboard
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Investors can hang loose for now, but probably shouldn’t go overboard.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
“We go overboard because we haven’t learned how to temperate our appetite for memory.”
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2024
In children with autism, it seems to go overboard, and this can be measured with a simple eye-tracking device.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024
“That not being possible, we try to add sounds that feel like they were recorded on the day. Unless you really go overboard, you can get away with a lot.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2024
It is not uncommon for doctors to be chronic overachievers; Beck wasn’t the first physician to go overboard with a new hobby.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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