throw overboard
Example Sentences
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Instead, the crew prepared to throw overboard large, shock-absorbing fenders to protect their ship.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2018
The president didn't get Gonzalez from the , but at least he retrieved the guy he had to throw overboard to get him from the Padres.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 7, 2012
It has a service to maintain, and cannot throw overboard every thing to give right of way to broad casting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Drinkwater was obliged to throw overboard a load of cordwood to make room for the rescued passengers and crew and their possessions.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
The boldest of the new school would throw overboard all the old forms and write only in free verse, rythmic prose or whatever he may wish to call it.
From Acanthus and Wild Grape by Frank Oliver Call
