overboard : Idioms & Phrases

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throw overboard

  • verb lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
    forego; forfeit; waive; forgo; give up.
    • you've forfeited your right to name your successor
    • forfeited property
  • verb throw from a boat
    deep-six.
WordNet

To throw overboard

  • to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.
Webster 1913