go overboard
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Keep your curiosity within reason, and do not let your questions go overboard.
From Literature
Presentation does matter to a degree, but there’s no need to go overboard.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s clearly a passion project, and like many passion projects, it can go overboard at times, grow overstuffed, not to say oversolemn — though solemnity, to be sure, is appropriate to the history.
From Los Angeles Times
“Let’s not go overboard and be super worried about it. We’re going to be exposed to lots of things. If you’re concerned about lead, talk to your pediatrician, and get your child tested,” Kraft said.
From Los Angeles Times
“We go overboard because we haven’t learned how to temperate our appetite for memory.”
From Slate
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