English-Swedish translations for overboard

• överbord
  Måste de kastas överbord, måste de lossas någonstans?Should they be thrown overboard or taken somewhere?
  Det händer också ofta att last faller överbord.It is also often the case that cargo goes overboard.
  EU kan inte kasta folkrätten överbord.The European Union cannot throw international law overboard.
• över bord
  De administrativa förfarandena kring cabotage kan och måste förbättras, men det kan inte bli tal om att kasta allt över bord med tidsbesparingar som enda förevändning.The administrative procedures regarding cabotage can and must be improved, but certainly not to the point of throwing everything overboard simply on the pretext of saving time.

Definition of overboard

• Outside of a boat, in the water
• Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat
• Excessively; too much
• To throw over the edge of a boat into the water

Examples

• It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard
• They really went overboard with the party preparations

Related words

• hoverboard
• man overboard
• go overboard