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Verb: throw overboard  throw'ow-vu(r),bord
  1. Throw from a boat
    "They threw overboard the excess cargo to lighten the ship";
    - deep-six [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. Abandon, relinquish or do without, especially a right or claim
    "The company threw overboard its expansion plans";
    - forfeit, give up, waive, forgo, forego

Derived forms: throws overboard, thrown overboard, throwing overboard, threw overboard

Type of: abandon, throw, wing