go by the board

The idiom "go by the board" originates from nautical language, where it referred to items falling over the side of a ship.

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Definition

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(informal)To be abandoned or discarded.

Example

All our plans for the weekend went by the board when it started raining.

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(informal)To be ignored or overlooked.

Example

Her suggestions often go by the board during meetings.

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(informal)To be considered irrelevant or unimportant.

Example

In the rush to meet the deadline, quality control went by the board.

Similar

Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "go by the board":

give the go-by go by go overboard sweep the board pass by end board go to pot get the chop off board pass over bomb out go up in smoke fall through go past table board go over someone's head pass on go belly-up go under off the rails across the board go for broke