wash overboard

[for someone or something] to be carried overboard (off the deck of a ship) by water. Our chairs washed overboard in the storm. I was afraid that the dog would wash overboard, so I took her below.

wash someone or something overboard

[for water] to flood up and carry someone or something off the deck of a ship into the sea. The high seas washed two of the sailors overboard. The storm washed our chairs overboard.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iosephus	-	Late Roman
HÜLya	-	Turkish
Lalawethika	-	Native American, Shawnee
Sheraga	-	Jewish
Eirik	AY-rik	Norwegian
Ghislain	zheez-LEN, gee-LEN	French