Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To throw off a boat into the water; to jettison

    throw from a boat

  2. (idiomatic, transitive)To reject or expel

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Don't throw me overboard.

    Не кидайте мене за борт.

    ruНе бросайте меня за борт.

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  2. Tom threw the anchor overboard.

    deTom warf den Anker über Bord.

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  3. Throw them overboard.

    ruВыбрось их за борт.

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  4. Tom threw Mary overboard.

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  5. Martino collected all the life jackets and threw them overboard.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

throws overboard, throwing overboard, threw overboard, thrown overboard
Base formthrow overboard · to throw overboard
3rd person singularthrows overboard
Present participlethrowing overboard
Past simplethrew overboard
Past participlethrown overboard

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythrow overboard
he, she, itthrows overboard

Past simpleLesson

all personsthrew overboard

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thrown overboard
he, she, ithas thrown overboard

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill throw overboard

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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