overboard
o-ver-board · adverb
Definitions
adverb
- 1.
From a ship into the water.
- 2.
(informal) To an excessive degree; going too far.
Phrases & expressions
- •go overboard — to do something to excess
- •man overboard — an emergency call when someone falls off a ship
- •throw overboard — to abandon or discard something
Related words
Synonyms: into_the_water
Etymology
From Middle English, compound of over + board (in the nautical sense of the side of a ship). The figurative sense of excess developed later.