throw overboard

Verb

Meaning

throw from a boat

lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

eighty-six overboard forfeit waive forgo foregone forego give up jettison deep-six forgoing forfeiting

Hypernyms

throw abandon

Hyponyms

lapse

Examples

you've forfeited your right to name your successor Source: Internet

forfeited property Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

throw out the baby with the bath water throw out the baby with the bathwater throw over throw pearls before swine throw pillow throw rug