jump ship - Longman Dictionary

jump ship ; jump shipjump ship ; TTW a) to leave an organization that you are working for, especially in order to join another The best employees jumped ship at ... jumpshipFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishjumpshipjumpshipTTWa)toleaveanorganizationthatyouareworkingfor,especiallyinordertojoinanother  Thebestemployeesjumpedshipatthefirstopportunity.b)toleaveashiponwhichyouareworkingasasailor,withoutpermission→jumpExamplesfromtheCorpusjumpship•Beforethathappened,Venturahimselfjumpedship.•MyfirstcommitmentistoApriliaandIdon'tintendtojumpship.•Recruitsinthebigfirmsfrequentlyjumpship.•Samseriouslyinjuredthefellow,andwasthencompelledtojumpship.•FoxjumpedshipafterModestyBlaisein1966.•PreciousfewtraderswereinvitedtoreturntoSalomonaftertheyhadjumpedship,butDipasqualewasmadeanexception.•DoesthismeanAccordandCamryownerswillbejumpingshipforChevrolet?•Manyworkerswilljumpshipiftheiremployerstrytolimittheirbonus.•Harleywouldhavethemjumpshipjustasit'spullingintothedock. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Telephone,telegraph Racerelations Occult Earthsciences Seealltopics Wordoftheday selfish caringonlyaboutyourselfandnotaboutotherpeople–usedtoshowdisapproval