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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs