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Verb: throw overboard  throw'ow-vu(r),bord
  1. Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offence, or crime
    - forfeit, give up, waive, forgo, forego
     
  2. Throw from a boat
    - deep-six [N. Amer]

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

Type of: abandon, throw, wing