overboard
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4.8
- adverb
- /ˈoʊvərˌbɔrd/
- Informal
:
en exceso
- Be careful not to go overboard with the decorations; we want it to look tasteful.
- go overboard
- way overboard
And I, I'm, I'm like, and probably a little bit overboard, but I love planning.
- And I, I'm, I'm like, and probably a little bit overboard, but I love planning.
- And just to make sure that the podcast goes live, he goes overboard.
- But when you wear shirts that are like yeehying, yeehying, Yeehying, I think that's when it gets a little overboard.
- He says it in this book way overboard and then he negotiates back down and the problem then is symmetrical.
- but a powder highlight, like is this going a little overboard? I just didn't want to.
- Now, I understand that we went a little overboard.
- When they make plans and they cancel them, you don't need to go overboard.
- I want us, you know, maybe to go overboard in the way we treat each other with love and respect.
Examples
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I know I have a tendency to go overboard with the pictures.
Blog text (5) -
Don't go overboard with the lights, though.
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I want us, you know, maybe to go overboard in the way we treat each other with love and respect.
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Your boys went a little overboard there.
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Some of you do go overboard once in a while.
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I think the list is a bit overboard, but the concept is not bad.
Blog text (2) -
Maybe I went a little overboard.
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I'm normal, and yes, I went way, way overboard these past few days.
Blog text (6) -
You know, Lloyd, I think you might've gone a little overboard with the spending today.
Fiction book (1994) -
It is possible to celebrate the holidays without, without going overboard on consumption.
Synonyms
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1.2
More than is needed or healthy
446
2.6
Beyond what is acceptable or allowed
189
3.5
To a degree that is too much or not wanted
54
4.6
Too strong or big compared with what the situation needs
32
3.0
To a degree that is more than needed or acceptable
23
5.0
In a way that does not make sense or is much too extreme
21
6.9
More than is reasonable or necessary
13
7.1
Very much of a good quality so it becomes a problem
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
1
7.3
Much more expensive than it should be
1
7.5
In a way that is too eager and causes problems
To give more than people need or expect
Antonyms
How Excessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word overboard used for 'to an excessive degree' comes from the image of going past the ship's side and out of control, and a helpful way to remember it is the phrase go overboard. That's why to go overboard means to do something 'too much' or 'beyond the safe limits'.