go overboard

1. 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]

Example Sentences

"In the three years I have been here, we've had people go overboard, but we've never had the body go missing," he says.

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Presentation does matter to a degree, but there’s no need to go overboard.

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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.

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That said, there is a tendency to go overboard and over-interpret the long-term significance of any one election.

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“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.

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