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overboard: from on board a vessel into the water; "they dropped their garbage overboard"; to extremes; "he went overboard to please his in-laws"

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eighty six collapse

part with collapse

cast away collapse

jettison collapse: throw as from an airplane; throw away, of something encumbering

throw over collapse

get rid of collapse: dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

jilt collapse: a woman who jilts a lover; cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly; "jilt a lover or a bride"

rid collapse: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"

go overboard collapse

overexercise collapse

deep six collapse

desuetude collapse: a state of inactivity or disuse

overindulge collapse

throw away collapse

overspend collapse: spend at a high rate; spend more than available of (a budget)

give away collapse: make a gift of; "She gave away her antique furniture"; formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father

disuse collapse

eliminate collapse: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"; terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations; remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"

kick out collapse

overexert collapse: exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength; "don't overexert yourself when exercising!"

go too far collapse

overemphasize collapse: place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"

cast off collapse: make the last row of stitches when knitting

throw out collapse

leaving collapse

go to extremes collapse

know no bounds collapse

overplay collapse

evacuation collapse: the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection

overdrive collapse: a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power; the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration; "Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given"; "Melissa's brain was in overdrive"; drive or work too hard; "The teacher is overworking his students"; "Overdriving people often suffer stress"

overwork collapse: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"; use too much; "This play has been overworked"; work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"

overdo collapse: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"

clear away collapse

overact collapse: exaggerate one's acting

slough collapse: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake); a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou); a hollow filled with mud

overreact collapse: show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy"

thrust out collapse

discard collapse: getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable; (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or to failing to follow suit; anything that is cast aside or discarded; throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

toss out collapse

overstrain collapse: too much strain; strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment"

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