overboard
About 1.59 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Outside of a boat; in the water.
- adverb Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.
It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard.
- adverb Excessively; too much.
They really went overboard with the party preparations.
- verb To throw over the edge of a boat into the water.
- 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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