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jumped ship

jumped ship is the simple past and past participle of jump ship.

Meaning of jump ship

Verb

jump ship (third-person singular simple present jumps ship, present participle jumping ship, simple past and past participle jumped ship)

  1. To depart from a ship, especially without permission.
    • As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return.
  2. (figuratively) To leave something, especially suddenly or rapidly.
    • I couldn't hack it as a teacher, so I jumped ship and flew back to Australia.

Questions about jumped ship

What is jumped ship the simple past and past participle of?
Jumped ship is the simple past and past participle of jump ship.

Words near jumped ship in the dictionary

  1. jumped one's bones
  2. jumped onto
  3. jumped out
  4. jumped rope
  5. jumped salty
  6. jumped ship
  7. jumped someone's bones
  8. jumped start
  9. jumped starts
  10. jumped the dock
  11. jumped the gun

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