JUMPSHIP
jump ship
Verb
- To part from a ship.
- As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return.
- 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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