go overboard

VERB

overdo

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exaggerate overestimate overplay overrate overreach overstate overuse overvalue

STRONG

amplify belabor fatigue hype magnify overburden overindulge overload overtax overtire overwork pressure puff stretch

WEAK

be intemperate bite off too much do to death drive oneself go too far lay it on make federal case not know when to stop pile on run into the ground run riot strain oneself talk big wear down wear oneself out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

play down

STRONG

compress decrease lessen

WEAK

ignore neglect

Example Sentences

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When it comes to supplements or over-the-counter peptides, don’t go overboard.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

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 • Aug. 1, 2025

“We go overboard because we haven’t learned how to temperate our appetite for memory.”

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2024

In children with autism, it seems to go overboard, and this can be measured with a simple eye-tracking device.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

My mom had protocols to go overboard with the Stray Cats but also be very subtle in our generosity.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

go overboard

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