go overboard
Example Sentences
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“It’s considered a small study and I don’t want to go overboard, except to say that it’s encouraging.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
"Let's not go overboard and say do a Collision Course, that's not going to happen at this point."
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Investors can hang loose for now, but probably shouldn’t go overboard.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 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
Dylan’s love for Elliott Smith can go overboard sometimes, like when he gave me shit for a solid week because I once spelled Elliott’s name without the second t.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
