overboard
adverb
over·board
ˈō-vər-ˌbȯrd 
1
: over the side of a ship or boat into the water
2
: to extremes of enthusiasm
3
: into discard : aside
Examples of overboard in a Sentence
He threw the fish overboard.
The boy fell overboard and almost drowned.
One of the sailors fell into the water, and someone shouted “Man overboard!”.
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However, the Englishman may have gone a bit overboard in his latest charge on the subject.
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
And Dorian, despite the visual inventiveness on display, does go a bit overboard and overlong at times, particularly in a late, extended scene that makes use of pre-recorded outdoor footage that allows more than one Snook to race through a forest.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
In an interview with TMZ on Monday, March 3, Carnell Burch, Kimberly's mother, said her daughter allegedly fell overboard.
—David Chiu, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Burch died after falling overboard on a Royal Caribbean cruise liner, the Explorer of the Seas, near Freeport, Bahamas.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
And Dorian, despite the visual inventiveness on display, does go a bit overboard and overlong at times, particularly in a late, extended scene that makes use of pre-recorded outdoor footage that allows more than one Snook to race through a forest.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
In an interview with TMZ on Monday, March 3, Carnell Burch, Kimberly's mother, said her daughter allegedly fell overboard.
—David Chiu, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Burch died after falling overboard on a Royal Caribbean cruise liner, the Explorer of the Seas, near Freeport, Bahamas.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Overboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overboard. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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overboard
adverb
over·board
ˈō-vər-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
1
: over the side of a ship into the water
2
: to extremes of enthusiasm
go overboard for a new fad
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