Meaning

2 senses

  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.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. She was ready to jump ship.

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  2. Tom was ready to jump ship.

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  3. Tom is ready to jump ship.

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  4. People were quick to jump ship.

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  5. The soldiers are jumping off the ship.

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Translations

5 languages

Forms

jumps ship, jumping ship, jumped ship, jumped ship
Base formjump ship · to jump ship
3rd person singularjumps ship
Present participlejumping ship
Past simplejumped ship
Past participlejumped ship

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjump ship
he, she, itjumps ship

Past simpleLesson

all personsjumped ship

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jumped ship
he, she, ithas jumped ship

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jump ship

Word family

1 related words
Relatedabandon ship

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jumpA1jumperB1jumpsuitjumpy
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