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jumping ship

jumping ship is the present participle and gerund 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 jumping ship

What is jumping ship the present participle and gerund of?
Jumping ship is the present participle and gerund of jump ship.

Words near jumping ship in the dictionary

  1. jumping plant louse
  2. jumping rope
  3. jumping salad
  4. jumping salads
  5. jumping salty
  6. jumping ship
  7. jumping shrew
  8. jumping shrews
  9. jumping someone's bones
  10. jumping spider
  11. jumping spiders

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