to go overboard meaning?

Question

What's the meaning of "to go overboard" idiom? Please give me some examples!

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Going overboard could cause a negative reaction.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

Don't go overboard!
 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

A new employee has put a group of products in the wrong place in a warehouse.

Boss:      "Where did you put those items?  We couldn't find them and needed to ship a rush order.  As a result, the customer took their business elsewhere and we lost the sale."
Worker:  "Sorry boss."
Boss:     "There's simply no excuse for your ineptitude.  Are you stupid?  Did you take drugs?  Is there something wrong with your brain?"
Worker:  "It was an honest mistake.  I was trying my best."
Boss:         "Your best isn't good enough.  You're fired!"

Do you think the boss's reaction was a little overboard?

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

It is minutes before a birthday party will start. In one corner of a big backyard is an inflatable play structure.  In another corner is a performing clown.  In yet another corner is a magician.  In the last corner is a face painting booth.  In the centre of the yard, there is a pony ride area.

Mother:  "I think we are ready for the party."
Friend:   "Do you think you have gone a little overboard with all this?"
Mother:  "It is my daughter's fourth birthday and I want it to be special."
Friend:   "I am sure your daughter would be happy with just a cake and her friends.  Don't you think she may be overwhelmed by all this?"
Mother:  "Well, I suppose I may have gone a little overboard."

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

"to go overboard"

to do something in an extreme or exaggerated way
 

Synonyms: amplify, belabor, exaggerate, hype, magnify, overdo, overplay, overreach, overstate, overuse, overvalue, puff, stretch
 



This man has literally gone overboard ...