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Definition of To throw overboard

To throw overboard
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.

Meaning of To throw overboard from wikipedia

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- helping strangers, and threatening to throw overboard anyone who disobeys him. Alicia lets Jack know that her group refused to offer help, and he cryptically...
- two ships, Skalla-Grimr was not on this one.) to throw overboard his casket, and wherever it may come to the s**** is where the ships will settle. The...
- "Man overboard!" is an exclamation given aboard a vessel to indicate that a member of the crew or a p****enger has fallen off of the ship into the water...
- threatened to throw overboard anyone who disobe**** him. The group docked on a nearby island to escape pursuit of the unknown ship. They soon had to leave because...
- Richard Nixon that "the leftists [within the Labor Party would] try to throw overboard all military alliances and eject our highly classified US defence...