THROW OVERBOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does throw overboard mean? 

• THROW OVERBOARD (verb)
  The verb THROW OVERBOARD has 2 senses:

1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

2. throw from a boat

  Familiarity information: THROW OVERBOARD used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THROW OVERBOARD (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

forego; forfeit; forgo; give up; throw overboard; waive

Context example:

forfeited property

Hypernyms (to "throw overboard" is one way to...):

abandon (forsake, leave behind)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "throw overboard"):

lapse (let slip)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Throw from a boat

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

deep-six; throw overboard

Hypernyms (to "throw overboard" is one way to...):

throw (propel through the air)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody