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
leave suddenly
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