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overboard — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)bɔː(r)d[/t]] 1) ADV: ADV after v 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 … English dictionary
overboard — o|ver|board [ˈəuvəbo:d US ˈouvərbo:rd] adv 1.) over the side of a ship or boat into the water ▪ One of the crew fell overboard and drowned. ▪ Man overboard! (=said when someone falls off a boat) 2.) go overboard to do or say something that is too … Dictionary of contemporary English
throw overboard — verb 1. throw from a boat • Syn: ↑deep six • Hypernyms: ↑throw • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody 2. lose (s … Useful english dictionary
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deep-six — verb a) to throw something overboard from a ship First, the stark message to “eat less” of a particular food has been deep sixed. 28/01/2007, New York Times [ … Wiktionary
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jettison — [15] Etymologically, to jettison something is to ‘throw’ it overboard. Like jet, as in ‘jet engine’, the word comes from Latin 295 journey jactāre ‘throw’. The abstract noun derived from this was jactātiō, which entered English via Anglo Norman… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
jettison — [15] Etymologically, to jettison something is to ‘throw’ it overboard. Like jet, as in ‘jet engine’, the word comes from Latin jactāre ‘throw’. The abstract noun derived from this was jactātiō, which entered English via Anglo Norman getteson. It… … Word origins
