go overboard
idiom
informal
: to do something in a way that is excessive or extreme : to do too much of something
She went overboard with the decorations.
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025
Runners can also go overboard on electrolytes during taxing runs.
—Outside Online, 23 Mar. 2025
Some of them go overboard on the finish, others seem like an attempt to mask or fix what might not actually be such a good whisky in the first place.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2025
Don’t go overboard, though – keep in mind the reason people dropped out of this study early.
—Paul McClure 23, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025
Runners can also go overboard on electrolytes during taxing runs.
—Outside Online, 23 Mar. 2025
Some of them go overboard on the finish, others seem like an attempt to mask or fix what might not actually be such a good whisky in the first place.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2025
Don’t go overboard, though – keep in mind the reason people dropped out of this study early.
—Paul McClure 23, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Go overboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20overboard. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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