OVERBOARD


Meaning of OVERBOARD in English

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

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