go overboard

phrase

informal

: to do something in a way that is excessive or extreme : to do too much of something

She went overboard with the decorations.

Examples of go overboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are occasionally sailors who go overboard accidentally. — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

In fact, during storms and shipwrecks, shipping containers regularly go overboard. — Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

However, don’t go overboard because of feelings of inadequacy or a desire to overcompensate. — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026

But just as yesterday’s cheerleaders oversold, today’s skeptics go overboard in sapping Americans’ confidence. — Gil Troy, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for go overboard

• particleboard
• phonorecord
• underinsured
• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard