go overboard
idiom
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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Choose stripes in varying sizes and thicknesses, and don’t go overboard with them in your space (pun intended).
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
Upgrade your dinner, offer a late-night snack, but don’t go overboard during cocktail hour.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
It is estimated that 19 people go overboard on cruise ships each year, and only around four people are rescued.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Odin is shown as a likable, casually kind person, but the script doesn’t go overboard in portraying him as perfect or manipulating us into an emotional attachment only to lose him half an hour later.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
Upgrade your dinner, offer a late-night snack, but don’t go overboard during cocktail hour.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
It is estimated that 19 people go overboard on cruise ships each year, and only around four people are rescued.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Odin is shown as a likable, casually kind person, but the script doesn’t go overboard in portraying him as perfect or manipulating us into an emotional attachment only to lose him half an hour later.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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 4 Mar. 2025.
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