Overboard
71go overboard — verb a) Fall out of a vessel. Attach the buoys so they dont go overboard. b) Go too far, be excessive. You can decorate the new room, but dont go overboard with surreal paintings. Syn: get carried away …
72go\ overboard — • go off the deep end • go overboard v. phr. informal To act excitedly and without careful thinking. John has gone off the deep end about owning a motorcycle. Mike warned his roommate not to go off the deep end and get married. Some girls go… …
73go overboard — If you go overboard, you are over enthusiastic about something and do too much or behave in an excessive way. We need to prepare the dining room for Christmas, but don t go overboard with the decorations! …
74go overboard — If you go overboard, you do something excessively …
75going overboard — If you go overboard with something, then you take something too far, or do too much …
76children overboard affair — noun a controversy relating to a claim that in October 2001 children were thrown overboard from a boat carrying people seeking asylum in Australia, in an attempt to force Australian navy ships to pick them up; this claim, later proven to be… …
77go overboard — in. to do far more than is necessary. □ He has a tendency to go overboard at these parties. □ Now don’t go overboard for us. We’re just folks …
78go overboard — ► go overboard 1) be very enthusiastic. 2) go too far. Main Entry: ↑overboard …
79man overboard — spoken phrase used for telling people that someone has fallen into the water Thesaurus: sailing and boatinghyponym Main entry: overboard …
80throw something overboard — abandon or discard something * * * throw sb/sth ˈoverboard idiom to get rid of sb/sth that you think is useless • He threw all his old friends overboard once he was promoted. Main entry: ↑overboardidiom …