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.
See also: chuck, overboard

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ÉAmon-Irish
WisŁAwavee-SWAH-vahPolish
Azra-Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Persian, Urdu
LibuŠE-Czech
Ashraqat-Arabic
Cosmin-Romanian