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[ adverb ] to extremes
Examples "he went overboard to please his in-laws" Used in print ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Some plants go overboard on one type of fringe - say a liberal retirement plan - and find themselves vulnerable elsewhere . Do n't go overboard on insurance that pays benefits only upon death . (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)But have we not gone overboard in stressing their significance ? |
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[ adverb ] from on board a vessel into the water
Examples "they dropped their garbage overboard" Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)They often threw tidbits overboard . |
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