overboard

Adverb

WordNet 3.0

Adverb (2)

  1. to extremes“he went overboard to please his in-laws”
  2. from on board a vessel into the water“they dropped their garbage overboard”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Overboard \O"ver*board`\, adv. Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard. [1913 Webster]

To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.

To go overboard, to go to an extreme; to overdo; as, he went overboard at the buffet and got an upset stomach. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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