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abandons ship

abandons ship is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abandon ship.

Meaning of abandon ship

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.

Questions about abandons ship

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Abandons ship is the third-person singular simple present indicative of abandon ship.

Words near abandons ship in the dictionary

  1. abandonly
  2. abandonment
  3. abandonments
  4. abandonness
  5. abandons
  6. abandons ship
  7. abandonware
  8. abandonwares
  9. abands
  10. Abaneeme
  11. abanet

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