OVERBOARD


Meaning of OVERBOARD in English

o ‧ ver ‧ board /ˈəʊvəbɔːd $ ˈoʊvərbɔːrd/ BrE AmE adverb

1 . over the side of a ship or boat into the water:

One of the crew fell overboard and drowned.

Man overboard (=said when someone falls off a boat) !

2 . go overboard to do or say something that is too extreme for a particular situation:

I hope politicians will not go overboard in trying to control the press.

3 . throw something overboard to get rid of an idea, system etc that is considered to be useless or unnecessary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.