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overboard Definition

over·board (ōvər bôrd′)

adverb

  1. over a ship's side
  2. from a ship into the water

Etymology: ME ouer borde < OE ofor bord: see over & board

overboard Idioms

go overboard

Informal to go to extremes; esp., to be wildly enthusiastic

throw overboard

to discard
overboard Synonyms

overboard

modif.

over the side, from on board, off the ship, out of the boat, into the water.

go overboard

go to extremes, get carried away, get overenthusiastic, go off the deep end; see overdo.

overboard Quotes

Dass nicht alles auf einmal da ist, bleibt als Bedingung des Lebens und der Erz a« hlung zu achten, und man wird sich doch wohl gegen die gottgegebenen Formen menschlicher Erkenntnis nich auflehnen wollen. Let usnot forgetthe conditionof lifeasnarration: that we can never see the whole picture at onceöunless we propose to throw overboard all the God-conditioned forms of human knowledge.

—Mann,Thomas

It does no harm to throw the occasional man overboard, but it does not do much good if you are steering full speed ahead for the rocks.

—Gilmour of Craiglockhart, Ian Gilmour, Baron

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