par-dessus bord — meaning in English

English meaning

• jettison verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.
• overboard adv Over the side of a boat and into the water.

Senses

par-dessus bord is used for these senses in English:

• jettison To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
• overboard Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.

jettison — full definition

1. verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.
2. verb To abandon or discard something no longer wanted or useful.
3. noun The act of throwing something overboard, or the items thrown out this way.

overboard — full definition

1. adv Over the side of a boat and into the water.
2. adv To an excessive extreme (usually in the phrase "go overboard").

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