overboard (redirected from throwing overboard)

o·ver·board  (vr-bôrd, -brd)

adv.

Over or as if over the side of a boat or ship.

Idiom:

go overboard

To go to extremes, especially as a result of enthusiasm.

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overboard

Adverb

1. from a boat or ship into the water: many passengers drowned when they jumped overboard to escape the flames

2. go overboard Informal

a. to be extremely enthusiastic

b. to go to extremes

3. throw overboard to reject or abandon (an idea or a plan)

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	overboard - to extremes; "he went overboard to please his in-laws"
	2.	overboard - from on board a vessel into the water; "they dropped their garbage overboard"

Translations

overboard [ˈəuvəbɔːd] adv (NAUT) → por la borda;

to go overboard for sth (fig) → enloquecer por algo

overboard [ˈəuvəbɔːd] adv (Naut) → par-dessus bord;

to go overboard for sth (fig) → s'emballer (pour qch)

overboard [ˈəuvəbɔːd] adv (Naut) → über Bord;

to go overboard (fig) → es übertreiben, zu weit gehen

overboard [ˈəuvəbɔːd] adv (NAUT) → fuori bordo, in acqua;

to go overboard for sth (fig) → impazzire per qc

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overboard

adv overboard [ˈəuvəboːd]

over the side of a ship or boat into the water He jumped overboard. oorboord مِنَ السَّفينَه إلى البَحْر зад борда přes palubu over bord über Bord από το πλοίο στη θάλασσα por la borda üle parda از روی لبۀ کشتی یا قایق yli laidan par-dessus bord לְתוֹך הַמָיִם s broda, čamca hajóból ki ke air útbyrðis, fyrir borð in mare 船外へ 배 밖으로, 배에서 물 속으로 už borto pār bortu (ūdenī) jatuh dr kapal overboord over bord za burtę ao mar peste bord за борт cez palubu čez krov preko palube överbord นอกลำเรือ gemiden aşağı 從船邊落入水中，在船外 за бортом; за борт جہاز پر سے qua mạn tàu 从船边落入水中，在船外