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   overboard

   /ˈəʊvəbɔːd/

   adverb

   • 1. from a ship into the water: "the severe storm washed a man overboard"

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   What does go overboard mean?

   • to fall overboard. go overboardinformal. before 1000; Middle English over bord, Old English ofer bord. See over, board I think the critics went overboard in panning that new show. see go overboard. Marr suggests layering a cloth mask on top of a surgical mask, but cautions people against going overboard.

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   What is overboard adverb?

   • Definition of overboard adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary over the side of a boat or a ship into the water Huge waves washed him overboard. Want to learn more? (informal) to be too excited or enthusiastic about something or about doing something Don't go overboard on fitness.

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   What does threw overboard mean?

   • over the side of a boat or a ship into the water Huge waves washed him overboard. Want to learn more? (informal) to be too excited or enthusiastic about something or about doing something Don't go overboard on fitness. to get rid of somebody/something that you think is not useful He threw all his old friends overboard once he was promoted.

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   What does it mean if you fall overboard?

   • If you fall overboard, you fall over the side of a boat into the water. His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson. He had jumped overboard in New York harbor and swum to shore. 2. 3. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. See go overboard 3. See throw overboard

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   The meaning of OVERBOARD is over the side of a ship or boat into the water. How to use overboard in a sentence.

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   Learn the meaning of overboard as an adverb, meaning over the side of a boat or ship and into the water. See how to use it in sentences and idioms, and compare it with irony.

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   Overboard definition: over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water. See examples of OVERBOARD used in a sentence.

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   Learn the meaning of overboard as an adverb, and see how it is used in sentences. Overboard can mean falling over the side of a boat into the water, or going too far beyond limits.

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   Learn the meaning of overboard as a nautical term and an idiom. Find synonyms, antonyms, translations and usage examples of overboard in different contexts.

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   When it's used literally, it very specifically refers to the movement of a person or an object from a boat into the ocean or other body of water. Figuratively, to go overboard means to take something too far — you're going overboard on your diet if you refuse to eat anything that isn't green.

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