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Go by the board

Parf of speech: NA, OED Year: 1630, OED Evaluation: N/A

by the board : to fall overboard, to go for good and all, to be ‘carried away’.

ExampleMeaning
I don't think that, that's even done, I mean I think the thing has gone by the board.
Stop and not resume.
ExampleMeaning
But they- that thing's gone by the board today; nobody wants milk like that.
Stop and not resume.
ExampleMeaning
I think that Toronto used to be the city for public-health, but now it isn 't anymore. Everything has gone, by the board. Its ah too bad. And we had child-health-centres for each area where the people came and brought their babies and we had two doctors who usually came in and ah, would see them.
Stopped and not resumed.
ExampleMeaning
So ah there was a lot of- a lot of hugger-mugger and and things went by the- go- go by the board suddenly um, and that 's when I- I think the- the- the lessons- the lessons ended.
Stopped and not resumed.
They used to- now they used to put- there was a baseball diamond- two of them here. Um, that went by the board. But- eith-- I don 't know if it was because of complaints from the residents.
Stopped and not resumed.
ExampleMeaning
I don't know why that stopped, because it was entertainment and it was fun to go to a ball game and watch local guys play and, anyway um that's gone by the board too.
Stopped and not resumed.