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go by the board Fig. to get ruined or lost. (This is originally a nautical expression meaning "to fall or be washed overboard.") I hate to see good food go by the board. Please eat up so we won't have to throw it out. Your plan has gone by the board. The entire project has been canceled. See also: board go by the board (British, American & Australian) also go by the boards (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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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and which will go by the boards, as did so many promising automobile companies a generation ago? However, there is no question that, in many of the decisions we see Congress and the president making these days, whether it be suspending (or failing to reinstate) habeas corpus or sanctioning warrantless wiretaps, we find ourselves in situations in which we may be letting the Constitution go by the boards. Cutting four attorney positions from his staff - two will come from already vacant positions that haven't been rehired - will mean the loss of 8,000 hours of prosecution time, "and that means a bunch of cases will go by the boards," Harcleroad said. |
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