go overboard
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“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
Foster said he wanted to be selective in his offers, but he can’t go overboard like his predecessor, given Chip Kelly’s abysmal hit rate on the handful of prospects targeted.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2024
This spot-on characterization illustrates how island residents go overboard for their paw-pals; some even have gone postal.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023
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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