Verb: throw overboard throw'ow-vu(r),bord
- Throw from a boat
"They threw overboard the excess cargo to lighten the ship";
- deep-six [N. Amer, informal]
- 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