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
If she fail to throw overboard the worthless and superfluous ballast, it is possible that the ship of state will founder—and then, who knows?
From The Cathedrals of Northern Spain by Rudy, Charles
She could not throw Miss Aërial overboard like a sand-bag to make the balloon go higher, although she did throw overboard everything else that was movable, even to her jacket and shoes.
From Careers of Danger and Daring by Moffett, Cleveland
