transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊvə(r)bɔ:(r)d ]
1.
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...
ADV : ADV after v
2.
If you say that someone goes overboard , you mean that they do something to a greater extent than is necessary or reasonable. ( INFORMAL )
Women sometimes damage their skin by going overboard with abrasive cleansers...
PHRASE : V inflects
3.
If you throw something overboard , for example an idea or suggestion, you reject it completely.
They had thrown their neutrality overboard in the crisis.
PHRASE : V inflects