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Chucked into the sea? That's going too far! (9)

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I believe the answer is:

overboard

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'far' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for overboard that I've seen before include "Very enthusiastic" , "Man ...! Stop the ship" , "Man ??? - he's fallen off the ship" , "(Fall) into the sea" , "Man . . . . . . . . . - ship's passenger in the sea" .)

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