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   O·ver·board

   /ˈōvərˌbôrd/

   

   adverb

   • 1. from a ship into the water: "the severe storm washed a man overboard"

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   What does overboard mean?

   • It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat The meaning of OVERBOARD is over the side of a ship or boat into the water. How to use overboard in a sentence.

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   What does it mean if you fall overboard?

   • If you fall overboard, you fall over the side of a boat into the water. His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson. He had jumped overboard in New York harbor and swum to shore. 2. 3. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. See go overboard 3. See throw overboard

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   What does thrown overboard mean?

   • The state of any person or thing in the sea which had been in a ship.--Thrown overboard also means cast adrift by the captain; withdrawal of countenance and support. How to pronounce overboard?

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   What is an example of a idiom 'go overboard'?

   • Example of use:Matt went overboard when he spent so much money on my birthday present. Not surprisingly, the origin of the idiom “go overboard” is nautical. When one falls overboard from a boat into the water, it’s quite a problem; in the same way, going out of bounds in other areas of life is problematic.

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   Overboard definition: over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water. See examples of OVERBOARD used in a sentence.

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   The adverb overboard most often comes up when someone falls in the water. When it's used literally, it very specifically refers to the movement of a person or an object from a boat into the ocean or other body of water.

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