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adverb
- 1. from a ship into the water: "the severe storm washed a man overboard"
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Learn the meaning of overboard as an adverb, with examples of usage and word history. Find out how to use overboard in a sentence and see related phrases and entries.
Learn the meaning of overboard as an adverb, with examples of usage and idioms. Overboard means over the side of a boat or ship and into the water, or metaphorically beyond reasonable limits.
Overboard definition: over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water. See examples of OVERBOARD used in a sentence.
Learn the meaning of overboard as an adverb, and see how it is used in sentences. Find out the difference between overboard and related expressions like go overboard and throw overboard.
Learn the meaning of overboard as an adverb, which means over the side of a boat or ship and into the water. See how to use it in sentences and idioms, and compare it with irony.
When it's used literally, it very specifically refers to the movement of a person or an object from a boat into the ocean or other body of water. Figuratively, to go overboard means to take something too far — you're going overboard on your diet if you refuse to eat anything that isn't green.
(informal) to be too excited or enthusiastic about something or about doing something. Don't go overboard on fitness. throw somebody/something overboard. to get rid of somebody/something that you think is not useful. He threw all his old friends overboard once he was promoted. See overboard in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
