You can only fall overboard if you're on a boat. If you fall overboard, don't forget your life vest!
Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water;
Adverb
from on board a vessel into the water; "they dropped their garbage overboard"
Adverb
to extremes; "he went overboard to please his in-laws"
adv.
Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a
ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard.
Overboard
Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water;
Usage Examples
Poverty is uncomfortable but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.
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Other Usage ExamplesMy dad's a beautiful man, but like a lot of Mexican men, or men in general, a lot of men have a problem with the balance of masculinity and femininity - intuition and compassion and tenderness - and get overboard with the macho thing. It took him a while to become more, I would say, conscious, evolved.