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overboard - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'overboard' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Overboard [ adv.]
- Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard.

Meaning of 'overboard' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . overboard [ r]
Meaning (1):
- to extremes
Example in sentence:
  • he went overboard to please his in-laws
Meaning (2):
- from on board a vessel into the water
Example in sentence:
  • they dropped their garbage overboard