jump ship en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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To depart from a ship, especially without permission.
As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return.
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(figuratively) To leave something, especially suddenly or rapidly.
I couldn't hack it as a teacher, so I jumped ship and flew back to Australia.
The few stalwarts praising the prime minister’s non-remorse today will be of small comfort to him, given their ranks include Ann Widdecombe and Patrick O’Flynn of the Express, while another of their ilk, the Telegraph’s Allison Pearson, has jumped ship altogether.
2022 January 13, Polly Toynbee, “Finally the Tory papers have caught on that Johnson is a liar – what kept them?”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jumps ship | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| jumped ship | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| jumped ship | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| jumping ship | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (13)
cmn 離船 /离船 (depart from a ship) · it abbandonare la nave (leave suddenly) · cmn 潛逃 /潜逃 (leave suddenly) · fi hypätä veneestä (leave suddenly) · pl porzucić pracę (leave suddenly) · cmn 跳槽 (leave suddenly) · nl er tussenuit knijpen (leave suddenly) · fi hypätä laivasta (depart from a ship) · cmn 棄船 /弃船 (depart from a ship) · pt pular fora (leave suddenly) · pl uciec z tonącego okrętu (leave suddenly) · es abandonar el barco (leave suddenly) · fr abandonner le navire. (leave suddenly)