go overboard
Verb
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Verb
- To fall out of a vessel.
- Attach the buoys so they don't go overboard.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To go too far; to exceed reasonable bounds.
- You can decorate the new room, but don't go overboard with surreal paintings.
- (go too far, exceed reasonable bounds) get carried away, gild the lily
- Russian: перегибать палку
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