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
What remained was becoming far from pleasant, but the doctor insisted that it was too valuable to throw overboard.
From The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. by William Henry Giles Kingston
With six feet of water in the hold, the crew are turning out for higher wages, and ready to throw overboard the man who counsels them to put a hand to the pump!
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Charles James Lever
