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o⋅ver⋅board

  [oh-ver-bawrd, -bohrd]
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–adverb
1. over the side of a ship or boat, esp. into or in the water: to fall overboard.
—Idiom
2. go overboard, to go to extremes, esp. in regard to approval or disapproval of a person or thing: I think the critics went overboard in panning that new show.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME over bord, OE ofer bord. See over, board
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o·ver·board   (ō'vər-bôrd', -bōrd')   
adv.  Over or as if over the side of a boat or ship.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
go overboard

  1. in.
    to do far more than is necessary. : Now don't go overboard for us. We're just folks.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

overboard 
"over the side of a ship," O.E. ofor bord, from bord "the side of a ship." Fig. sense of "excessively, beyond one's means" (esp. in phrase to go overboard) first attested 1931 in Damon Runyon.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

go overboard

Show excessive enthusiasm, act in an excessive way. For example, It's easy to go overboard with a new stock offering, or She really went overboard, hiring the most expensive caterer. [Mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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