English / idiom
Go Overboard
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To act with excessive enthusiasm, spend extravagantly, or do something to an unreasonable extreme.
In context
01
The committee went overboard with the farewell banquet, spending half the annual social budget.
02
While planning for retirement is vital, don't go overboard and stop enjoying your present life.
Synonyms
overdo it,carry things too far,exceed all bounds
Antonyms
understate,exercise restraint,hold back
Collocations
go overboard with spending,go overboard on preparations,tend to go overboard