overboard

• Adverbe signifiant « par-dessus le bord d'un navire ou d'un bateau, dans l'eau ». Il est aussi utilisé au sens figuré dans des expressions comme « aller trop loin » (go overboard), pour signifier faire quelque chose de manière excessive ou avec trop d'enthousiasme.

An adverb meaning "over the side of a ship or boat into the water." It is also used figuratively in phrases like "go overboard" to mean doing something excessively or with too much enthusiasm.

1. To extremesB2informal

   To an excessive or exaggerated degree, often in behavior or action.

   à l'excès

   • He went overboard with the decorations for the party.
   • Don't go overboard on spending for the wedding.
   • She tends to go overboard when planning vacations.

   Synonymesbeyond measureexcessivelyimmoderatelyinordinatelyovermuchundulyunrestrainedly

   Antonymesmoderatelytemperately

2. From a vessel into the waterB1formal

   Over the side of a ship or boat into the water.

   par-dessus bord

   • The sailor fell overboard during the storm.
   • They threw the anchor overboard to stop the boat.
   • A rescue team was sent to retrieve the man who went overboard.