overboard
over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
Idioms about overboard
go overboard, to go to extremes, especially in regard to approval or disapproval of a person or thing: I think the critics went overboard in panning that new show.
Origin of overboard
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How to use overboard in a sentence
Marr suggests layering a cloth mask on top of a surgical mask, but cautions people against going overboard.
Is It Time to Wear a Better Mask for COVID-19? We Asked the Experts | Tara Law | February 8, 2021 | TimeThe artist bios, too, go a bit overboard — some running a full page in length.
Baltimore exhibition of outsider art celebrates nature’s ‘excess’ with a wake-up call about pollution | Kelsey Ables | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostYou can keep some shelf-stable and nutritious items on hand, such as dried beans and grains, but don’t go overboard.
As stay-at-home restrictions rise, here are ways to cope | Washington Post Staff, Elizabeth Chang, Mari-Jane Williams, Becky Krystal, Kendra Nichols, Caitlin Moore, Stephanie Merry, Missy Rosenberg, Katherine Lee | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostIt is tempting to go overboard with both, to cling to screening and ornament in the gray months ahead.
Winter wonders: Conifers revive the sleeping garden. But remember, less is more. | Adrian Higgins | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostAlthough, please don’t go overboard with these either for the sake of user experience.
The Google page experience: What you need to know and five steps to prepare for 2021 | Gert Svaiko | December 1, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
Another 10 slaves threw themselves overboard in a display of defiance at the inhumanity.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind | Brin-Jonathan Butler | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut this new study indicates that Weiner may be (is definitely) going a wee bit overboard.
En route to California, he reportedly tossed his works of Lenin overboard, to avoid trouble from the U.S. authorities.
Candidates like Bush, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio “want to toss Republicans overboard.”
On the sixth day adrift on the waves, four refugees died and their bodies were tossed overboard.
Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus | Katie Baker | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe helmsman led me to the side of the vessel, and told me to hold my head overboard, and inhale the air.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferOf young negresses, headed up in casks and thrown overboard, when the ships are chased.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamSo, when they saw the land quite near, what did they do but leap overboard, and swim towards it!
The Nursery, January 1873, Vol. XIII. | VariousThe lad came to in four hours; had he died he would have been quietly reported as washed overboard.
The Chequers | James RuncimanThe father was aghast; he whispered hurriedly, "Pull, for God's sake; she'll roll him overboard before we get up."
The Chequers | James Runciman
British Dictionary definitions for overboard
/ (ˈəʊvəˌbɔːd) /
from on board a vessel into the water
go overboard informal
to be extremely enthusiastic
to go to extremes
throw overboard to reject or abandon
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with overboard
see go overboard.
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