Dictionary

abandon ship en · VERB

Meanings

1. (qualifier:literal) To leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom.
   • However, an 8-inch shell takes out what's left of Hoels engines, and the ship is rapidly overwhelmed by incoming fire. The order to abandon ship' is given ten minutes later after trading fire with a Tone-class cruiser, and, fifteen minutes after that, the ship rolls over and sinks, Hoel clearly not showing quite the same level of luck as Johnston. 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 28:44 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
2. (broadly) To leave a person or organization when things become difficult.

Forms

Relateds

like rats from a sinking ship · jump ship

Translations (20)

ru отка́зываться от корабля́ (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · fi hylätä alus (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · ru оставля́ть кора́бль (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · es abandonar el barco (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · ja 船を捨てる (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · pt abandonar o navio (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · pl dezertować (to leave a person or organization when things become difficult) · fi jättää laiva (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · hi पोत छोड़ देना (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · hi पोत त्यागना (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · fr quitter le navire (to leave a person or organization when things become difficult) · fi jättää alus (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · ru покида́ть кора́бль (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · ko 배를 버리다 (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · fr quitter le navire (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · tr gemiyi terk etmek (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · ru броса́ть кора́бль (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · hi पोत छोड़ना (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom) · fi jättää oman onnensa nojaan (to leave a person or organization when things become difficult) · fi hylätä laiva (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom)