jump ship

English

Verb

jump ship

  1. To depart from a ship.
    As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return.
  2. (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.

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