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chuck overboard
chuck overboard
To dispose or get rid of something or someone. Likened to throwing something over the side of a ship. In a major corporate shake-up, most of the company's upper-level management was chucked overboard at the end of the fiscal year. I know it's a really bad habit, but we just chuck our rubbish overboard when travelling on a long car journey.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Judocus | | - | Dutch (Archaic), Ancient Celtic (Latinized) |
| Leda | | LEE-də (English), LAY-də (English) | Greek Mythology |
| Leocadio | | - | Spanish |
| Carl | | [ka:l] | |
| Wilhelmus | | - | Dutch |
| LÁRa | | LOW-rah | Icelandic |