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• throw somebody overboard — throw sb/sth ˈoverboard idiom to get rid of sb/sth that you think is useless • He threw all his old friends overboard once he was promoted. Main entry: ↑overboardidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• throw something overboard — abandon or discard something * * * throw sb/sth ˈoverboard idiom to get rid of sb/sth that you think is useless • He threw all his old friends overboard once he was promoted. Main entry: ↑overboardidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• overboard — 1. adjective excessive; too much They really went overboard with the party preparations. 2. adverb over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard …   Wiktionary

• throw away — 1. Lose, spend in vain, waste. 2. Relinquish, give up, cast off, throw by, throw or heave overboard, cast to the winds. 3. Reject …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Overboard — O ver*board , adv. Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard. [1913 Webster] {To throw overboard}, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend. {To go overboard}, to go to an extreme; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• overboard — [ō′vər bôrd΄] adv. [ME ouer borde < OE ofor bord: see OVER & BOARD] 1. over a ship s side 2. from a ship into the water ☆ go overboard Informal to go to extremes; esp., to be wildly enthusiastic throw overboard to discard …   English World dictionary

• throw overboard — index jettison Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• throw — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Throw is used before these nouns: ↑cushion, ↑pillow Throw is used after these nouns: ↑judo {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ angrily ▪ carelessly …   Collocations dictionary

• throw away — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, blow, blunder away, boot out, bounce, brush aside, cashier, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, cast out, chuck, chuck out, consume, contemn, contradict, declaim, decline, deep six, defenestrate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• 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

• throw out — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, abrupt, addle, alienate, ball up, befuddle, bewilder, blow out, boot out, bounce, bring out, brush aside, cashier, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast forth, cast off, cast out, chase, chime in, chuck,… …   Moby Thesaurus