jump ship

English

Verb

To depart from a ship.
As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return.
(idiomatic) To leave something, especially suddenly or rapidly.
I couldn't hack it as a teacher, so I jumped ship and flew back to Australia.

Translations

depart from a ship

Chinese:
Mandarin: 離船, 离船 (líchuán), 棄船 (zh), 弃船 (zh) (qìchuán)

Finnish: hypätä laivasta
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

leave suddenly

Chinese:
Mandarin: 潛逃 (zh), 潜逃 (zh) (qiántáo)
Dutch: er tussenuit knijpen (slang)

Finnish: hypätä veneestä
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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