EGAVE

overboard

About 1.59 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Outside of a boat; in the water.
  2. adverb Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.
    It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard.
  3. adverb Excessively; too much.
    They really went overboard with the party preparations.
  4. verb To throw over the edge of a boat into the water.
  5. verb To cover (a ceiling) with plasterboard to create a new surface.

Similar words

sea too inordinate immoderate exorbitant extravagant extreme excessive lavish over-the-top

Often followed by

and in to with the from by on into

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