"go by the board" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-go by the board.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes by the board [present, singular, third-person], going by the board [participle, present], went by the board [past], gone by the board [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> by the board}} go by the board (third-person singular simple present goes by the board, present participle going by the board, simple past went by the board, past participle gone by the board)
  1. (idiomatic, nautical) To fall or to go overboard; to be cast over the side of a ship. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-go_by_the_board-en-verb--Xzrm9CB Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (idiomatic) To be superseded, rejected, or obliterated; to pass by with little consequence; to amount to nothing. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-go_by_the_board-en-verb-FnKAVzFr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61

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