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go overboard
do too much
To do or spend much more than is necessary or sensible.
Hear it in real life
I ordered twelve cakes for six people.
You really went overboard.
We can make the room look nice, but don't go overboard with the decorations.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Don't go overboard of the decorations.
Say: Don't go overboard with the decorations.
Use “with” before the thing you are doing or spending too much on.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
go overboard; go overboard with something
Your turn: say it out loud
We can make the room look nice, but don't go overboard with the decorations.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
go overboard
do too much
“We can make the room look nice, but don't go overboard with the decorations.”
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