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go by the board

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go by the board (British, American & Australian, American)
if something that has been planned or arranged goes by the board, it does not happen, and if something that exists goes by the board, it ends. All our careful arrangements went by the board when the trip was cancelled at the last minute. When modern machinery was introduced, old-fashioned printing methods went by the board.
See also: board
go by the board
to stop existing. Alsop complained that the world he knew as a young man had gone by the board.
Usage notes: also used in the form go by the boards
See also: board
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Well, I have loved, lived with, and left the sea without ever seeing a ship's tall fabric of sticks, cobwebs and gossamer go by the board.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
There was no mistaking the sincerity of his distress or the strength of his determination: he had evidently resolved to let everything go by the board but the supreme need of thus putting himself on record.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
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