overboard
Example Sentences
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The first one to see me shrieked and clutched at his colleague, almost pushing him overboard.
From Literature
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He didn't think his players "went overboard" on a mid-Ashes series holiday in Noosa where they were pictured drinking, calling the Queensland resort "a place where people go and retire"
From BBC
Ratwin launched herself overboard to catch fish, eventually filling a bucket, each fish bearing a small set of tooth marks.
From Literature
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Sure, some attorneys may have gone overboard on advertising in the decades since.
From Los Angeles Times
Lines such as “I love to count, it relaxes me and it gives me an achievable goal” point at a disquieting loneliness without going overboard.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.