OVERBOARD


Meaning of OVERBOARD in English

1.

If you fall ~, you fall over the side of a boat into the water.

His sailing instructor fell ~ and drowned during a lesson...

ADV: ADV after v

2.

If you say that someone goes ~, you mean that they do something to a greater extent than is necessary or reasonable. (INFORMAL)

Women sometimes damage their skin by going ~ with abrasive cleansers...

PHRASE: V inflects

3.

If you throw something ~, for example an idea or suggestion, you reject it completely.

They had thrown their neutrality ~ in the crisis.

PHRASE: V inflects

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