HyperDic: throw_overboard

English > 2 senses of the expression throw overboard:
VERBpossessionthrow overboard, forfeit, give up, waive, forgo, foregolose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
contactthrow overboard, deep-sixthrow from a boat
English > throw overboard: 2 senses > verb 1, possession
MeaningLose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymsforfeit, give up, waive, forgo, forego
NarrowerlapseLet slip
Broaderabandonforsake, leave behind
Oppositeclaim, lay claim, arrogatedemand as being one's due or property
Spanishperder, prescindir, privarse, renunciar
Catalanabstenir-se, estar-se, passar-se, perdre, privar-se, renunciar
English > throw overboard: 2 senses > verb 2, contact
MeaningThrow from a boat.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonymdeep-six
BroaderthrowPropel through the air

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