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  1. go overboardverb

    Fall out of a vessel.

  2. go overboardverb

    Go too far, be excessive.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of go overboard in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of go overboard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of go overboard in a Sentence

  1. Dan Jaffe:

    The Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative has substantially improved the healthfulness of foods advertised to kids, the IWG proposals went way overboard and were not appropriate, 87 of the top 100 most consumed foods in the U.S. would not meet the standards.

  2. Heather Patisaul:

    Because everybody is different, it is impossible to know what the 'right' amount of soy is, but people can certainly go overboard, for people wanting to achieve a reasonably healthy protein intake without experiencing possibly negative effects of soy, there is no need to have soy at every meal or to replace all foods [like milk and cheese] with soy-based ones.

  3. Captain Daniel Pickles:

    It’s common to find the narcotics bales have been weighted so they sink when they’re thrown overboard, it’s part of the cat-and-mouse game.

  4. Jesse Ang:

    But the suspicion has gone a bit overboard.

  5. Yun Sun:

    The Chinese tried to to use saber rattling and use the rhetorical war in order to deter Pelosi's trip, and they went overboard with their threats, now Pelosi decided to have the trip and that leaves the Chinese hanging, because they can't really deliver.


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