overboard
Example Sentences
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The best example I can give is in the week before games against the very top teams I went overboard trying to exude confidence in my team and my tactics.
From BBC
A major search operation is under way after a man was reported overboard from a P&O passenger ferry travelling between Larne and Cairnryan.
From BBC
Market reaction, though, has been mixed with some investors worried spending has gone overboard.
From Barron's
The first one to see me shrieked and clutched at his colleague, almost pushing him overboard.
From Literature
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He didn't think his players "went overboard" on a mid-Ashes series holiday in Noosa where they were pictured drinking, calling the Queensland resort "a place where people go and retire"
From BBC
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