Dictionary

go overboard en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. To fall out of a vessel.
   • Attach the buoys so they don't go overboard.
2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To go too far; to exceed reasonable bounds.
   • You can decorate the new room, but don't go overboard with surreal paintings.
   • Of course, Bradshaw goes overboard on the cathedral [at Gloucester]: "a cross, 426 feet long; the oldest parts are the Norman crypt and nave, built in 1089." 2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56:

Forms

Synonyms

overdo · take (something) too far · get carried away · over-egg the pudding · gild the lily · overegg

Translations (36)

fi mennä liian pitkälle (go too far) · fi mopo keulii (go too far) · et üle parda kukkuma (fall out of a vessel) · eo preterpasi (go too far) · hu túltol (go too far) · fr en faire des caisses (go too far) · tr aşırıya kaçmak (go too far) · fi mopo karkaa käsistä (go too far) · pt passar dos limites (go too far) · pt abusar (go too far) · fi mennä ylitse (go too far) · pt cair na água (fall out of a vessel) · ru перегибать палку (go too far) · fi tippua mereen (fall out of a vessel) · tr abartmak (go too far) · es echar desmadre (go too far) · es excederse (go too far) · yue 玩大 (go too far) · pt exagerar (go too far) · uk перестара́тися (go too far) · es exagerar (go too far) · pl wypaść za burtę (fall out of a vessel) · pl wypadać za burtę (fall out of a vessel) · pl przesadzać (go too far) · eo superplenumi (go too far) · eo transpaŝi la limon (go too far) · fi liioitella (go too far) · es sobrepasar los límites (go too far) · jam tek di ting too far (go too far) · cmn 過度 /过度 (go too far) · pt ir longe demais (go too far) · pl przesadzić (go too far) · uk переборщи́ти (go too far) · cmn 落入水中 (fall out of a vessel) · fr en faire des tonnes (go too far) · uk ви́пасти за борт (fall out of a vessel)