Jump-ship Definition

verb

To part from a ship.

As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return.
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(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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Jump-ship Sentence Examples

  • And if you want to jump ship before May 2012?

  • Everything and everyone else seemed liable to turn turtle, bottle out or jump ship on a mere whim - Regan included.

  • Or want to jump ship to slackers team so you can sleep all night?

  • If you fail to inform a cruise line of your vegetarian diet prior to departing on your Alaska cruise, there's no reason to jump ship.

  • Budgets are cut, big-name actors may suddenly jump ship and the network is left scrambling to come up with new tactics to bring in fresh blood and new viewers.

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