overboard

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Throw him overboard and that's all we want I shall not throw him overboard, even if I could do such a thing; and I am by no means sure of anything of the kind We do not ask it, sir What do you desire Leave to throw him overboard--it is to save our own lives I can't let you do any such thing; he's in nobody's way But he's always a whistling.

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  1. adverb Over or as if over the side of a boat or ship.
  2. idiom go overboard To go to extremes, especially as a result of enthusiasm.

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  1. from Middle English overbord, from Anglo-Saxon ofer bord (= Dutch overboord = Icelandic ofrbordh = Danish overbord), from ofer, preposition, over, + bord, board, side: see over and board.
 

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/ˈoʊvərboʊrd/
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