Definition
To go too far; to exceed reasonable bounds.
In Context
- "You can decorate the new room, but don't go overboard with surreal paintings."
- "Of course, Bradshaw goes overboard on the cathedral [at Gloucester]: "a cross, 426 feet long; the oldest parts are the Norman crypt and nave, built in 1089.""
Also Said As
- get carried away
- gild the lily
- overegg
- over-egg the pudding
- overdo
- take (something) too far