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abandon ship1Leave a ship because it is sinking: a Mayday message was received before all on board abandoned ship...- The resultant fire forced the ship's company to abandon ship.
- The men had no radio, lifejackets or lifebelts, and had been unable to abandon ship or attract attention to their plight.
- Submarines were supposed to surface and give crews time to abandon ship before sinking their vessels.
1.1Hurriedly leave an organization or enterprise: he would rather abandon ship now than resign in shame in two years...- Media bosses, by contrast, seem not to be able to abandon ship quickly enough.
- Many Britons are choosing to abandon ship in search of sunnier climates.
- Our captains of democracy abandoned ship a long time ago.
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