go overboard

phrase

informal
: to do something in a way that is excessive or extreme : to do too much of something
She went overboard with the decorations.

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The team should not only honor the tickets, but go overboard to celebrate the avid fans who bought them. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2026 That means the interaction between whiskey and wood is quite active, and a bourbon aged for more than about 15 years in Kentucky can easily go overboard and become an bitter, tannic oak bomb. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026 There are occasionally sailors who go overboard accidentally. — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 In fact, during storms and shipwrecks, shipping containers regularly go overboard. — Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for go overboard

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“Go overboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20overboard. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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