Idiom
go by the board
Meaning
To fall or to go overboard; to be cast over the side of a ship.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The old rules went by the board when the new manager arrived.”
“Because the project budget was cut, our plans for a summer party had to go by the board.”
“In the face of the sudden economic crisis, the company's long-term expansion goals were forced to go by the board as leadership focused solely on survival.”
Examples
simple
“The old rules went by the board when the new manager arrived.”
contextual
“Because the project budget was cut, our plans for a summer party had to go by the board.”
complex
“In the face of the sudden economic crisis, the company's long-term expansion goals were forced to go by the board as leadership focused solely on survival.”
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