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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Overboard \O"ver*board`\, adv.
     Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into
     the water; as, to fall overboard.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent
        or friend.
  
     To go overboard, to go to an extreme; to overdo; as, he
        went overboard at the buffet and got an upset stomach.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Overboard \O"ver*board`\, adv.
     Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into
     the water; as, to fall overboard.
  
     To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent
        or friend.

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  to throw overboard /tə θɹˈəʊ ˈəʊvəbˌɔːd/
  1. elutasít
  2. elvet
  3. ejt
  4. tengerbe dob
  5. hajóról kidob

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