"abandon ship" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: abandons ship [present, singular, third-person], abandoning ship [participle, present], abandoned ship [participle, past], abandoned ship [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} abandon ship (third-person singular simple present abandons ship, present participle abandoning ship, simple past and past participle abandoned ship)
  1. (nautical, literal) To leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom. Categories (topical): Nautical Related terms: like rats from a sinking ship, jump ship Translations (to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom): jättää laiva (Finnish), jättää alus (Finnish), hylätä laiva (Finnish), hylätä alus (Finnish), quitter le navire (French), पोत छोड़ देना (pot choṛ denā) (Hindi), पोत छोड़ना (pot choṛnā) (Hindi), पोत त्यागना (pot tyāgnā) (Hindi), 船を捨てる (fune o suteru) (Japanese), 배를 버리다 (baereul beorida) (Korean), abandonar o navio (Portuguese), отка́зываться от корабля́ (otkázyvatʹsja ot korabljá) (Russian), оставля́ть кора́бль (ostavljátʹ koráblʹ) (Russian), броса́ть кора́бль (brosátʹ koráblʹ) (Russian), покида́ть кора́бль (pokidátʹ koráblʹ) (Russian), abandonar el barco (Spanish), gemiyi terk etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-abandon_ship-en-verb-lPgTCiXs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of English predicates: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 75 25 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom': 97 3
  2. (by extension) To leave a person or organization when things become difficult. Tags: broadly Translations (to leave a person or organization when things become difficult): jättää oman onnensa nojaan (Finnish), quitter le navire (French), dezertować [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-abandon_ship-en-verb-HtC11GLo Disambiguation of 'to leave a person or organization when things become difficult': 3 97

Inflected forms

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