go overboard

Example Sentences

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"In the three years I have been here, we've had people go overboard, but we've never had the body go missing," he says.

From BBC

Presentation does matter to a degree, but there’s no need to go overboard.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s clearly a passion project, and like many passion projects, it can go overboard at times, grow overstuffed, not to say oversolemn — though solemnity, to be sure, is appropriate to the history.

From Los Angeles Times

That said, there is a tendency to go overboard and over-interpret the long-term significance of any one election.

From Los Angeles Times

“Let’s not go overboard and be super worried about it. We’re going to be exposed to lots of things. If you’re concerned about lead, talk to your pediatrician, and get your child tested,” Kraft said.

From Los Angeles Times