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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When a boater was thrown overboard, his unmanned vessel was left circling off the coast of Florida at nearly 40 mph as authorities struggled to stop it from afar.
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Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 9 May 2025
In Nikki's own words, she's probably gone a little overboard with it — there are five endings to the main story, four endings to one of the game's chapters, and at least two endings for each NPC in the game.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
When a boater was thrown overboard, his unmanned vessel was left circling off the coast of Florida at nearly 40 mph as authorities struggled to stop it from afar.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
Obviously, there’s a short-term incentive for the Bucks to go overboard to keep Antetokounmpo optimistic about their future.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 29 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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