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abandon ship

abandon ship verb: to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom.

Verb

abandon ship (third-person singular simple present abandons ship, present participle abandoning ship, simple past and past participle abandoned ship)

  1. (literal) To leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom.
    • However, an 8-inch shell takes out what's left of Hoels engines, and the ship is rapidly overwhelmed by incoming fire. The order to abandon ship' is given ten minutes later after trading fire with a Tone-class cruiser, and, fifteen minutes after that, the ship rolls over and sinks, Hoel clearly not...2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 28:44 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022
  2. (broadly) To leave a person or organization when things become difficult.

abandon ship meaning in Hindi

abandon ship in Hindi

to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom
पोत छोड़ देना pot choṛ denā, पोत छोड़ना pot choṛnā, पोत त्यागना pot tyāgnā

Forms of abandon ship

third-person singular presentabandons ship
present participleabandoning ship
past participleabandoned ship
pastabandoned ship

Questions about abandon ship

What does abandon ship mean?
Abandon ship means to leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom.
What is abandon ship in Hindi?
Abandon ship in Hindi is पोत छोड़ देना (pot choṛ denā), पोत छोड़ना (pot choṛnā), पोत त्यागना (pot tyāgnā). See Abandon ship meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is abandon ship?
Abandon ship is a verb.
What is the past tense of abandon ship?
The past tense of abandon ship is abandoned ship.

Words near abandon ship in the dictionary

  1. Abando
  2. abandon
  3. abandon all hope ye who enter here
  4. abandon all hope, ye who enter here
  5. abandon hope, all ye who enter here
  6. abandon ship
  7. abandon'd
  8. abandonability
  9. abandonable
  10. abandoned
  11. abandoned child syndrome

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