go by the board

English

Verb

to go by the board

1. (idiomatic, nautical) To fall or to go overboard; to be cast over the side of a ship.
2. (idiomatic) To be superseded, rejected, or obliterated; to pass by with little consequence; to amount to nothing.

References

• "go by the board" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "go by the board" in Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, © 2006-2007 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. See "board, n.."