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overboard

/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/ adjective B2
  1. Outside of a boat; in the water.
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But a very great tempest came on, and the ship being in danger of sinking, he threw all his merchandise overboard, and barely escaped with his life in the empty ship.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 38 · B2
“Jack has been lost overboard in gale off St.
The Valley of Fear, p. 101 · C1
She said she hadn’t time to get sick, watching to see that I didn’t fall overboard.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 18 · C1
And Jane Andrews nearly fell overboard.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 104 · C1

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