Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Over or as if over the side of a boat or ship.
- idiom (go overboard) To go to extremes, especially as a result of enthusiasm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Over the side of a ship, usually into the water; out of or from on board a ship: as, to fall overboard.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water.
- adverb to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.
- adverb to go to an extreme; to overdo.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective excessive; too much
- adverb over the
edge ; especially, off or outside of aboat
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to extremes
- adverb from on board a vessel into the water
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Examples
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In The Island of Dr. Moreau, which is based on a novella by H.G. Wells, Braddock (Michael York) is a decent young Englishman who has unaccountably been saved from being thrown overboard from a ship sailing in a remote area of the Pacific by the mysterious Dr. Montgomery (Nigel Davenport).
December 2009 2009
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Libertarians ought to throw Epstein overboard — and then get started fixing the moral monstrosity that advocates like Epstein embrace.
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The idea that we can stabilize the housing market by tossing all these innocent victims overboard is simply insane.
Preeti Vissa: We Don't Have to Throw Homeowners Overboard Preeti Vissa 2010
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In The Island of Dr. Moreau, which is based on a novella by H.G. Wells, Braddock (Michael York) is a decent young Englishman who has unaccountably been saved from being thrown overboard from a ship sailing in a remote area of the Pacific by the mysterious Dr. Montgomery (Nigel Davenport).
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The idea that we can stabilize the housing market by tossing all these innocent victims overboard is simply insane.
Preeti Vissa: We Don't Have to Throw Homeowners Overboard Preeti Vissa 2010
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In the swirling confusion, Thurlow was then knocked overboard from the wrecked launch.
August 2004 2004
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Bolles, 43, since he fell overboard from a rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) 4 a.m.,
KIA KIA/BNR 2003
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Apprentice Bryant L. Davis, 20, of Chicago, Ill. ... declared deceased after falling overboard from the USS Kitty Hawk on Nov. 7.
KIA KIA/BNR 2003
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When it doesn't work it's the called overboard and when it does work it's in perfect taste.
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SYNOPSIS: SP5 Echol Coalston was lost overboard from the fantail of USNS
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