- jump ship
- phrasal 1. to leave the company of a ship without authority 2. to desert a cause or party especially abruptly ; defect
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
jump ship
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jump ship — ► jump ship (of a sailor) leave a ship without permission. Main Entry: ↑jump … English terms dictionary
jump ship — If you leave a company or institution for another because it is doing badly, you are jumping ship … The small dictionary of idiomes
jump ship — Ⅰ. abandon/jump ship ► to leave an organization very suddenly, especially when you think it is going to fail: »The CEO abandoned ship just before the auditors were called in. Main Entry: ↑ship Ⅱ. jump ship INFORMAL … Financial and business terms
jump ship — if you jump ship, you leave a job or activity suddenly before it is finished, especially to go and work for someone else. Another advertising agency offered him $1000 to jump ship … New idioms dictionary
jump ship — go to work for the other team the competition The company asked me to sign a form saying I wouldn t jump ship … English idioms
jump ship — (of a sailor) leave a ship without permission. → jump … English new terms dictionary
jump ship — verb a) To part from a ship As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return. b) To depart a project without warning. I couldnt hack it as a teacher, so I jumped ship and flew back to Australia … Wiktionary
jump ship — evacuate a ship; leave a group or company because it is headed for failure … English contemporary dictionary
jump ship — 1) to leave a ship without permission 2) to leave a difficult situation when you should stay and deal with it … English dictionary
jump ship — idi to escape from or desert a ship … From formal English to slang
