jump ship meaning

• (informal)
    (of a sailor) to leave one's ship while still officially employed, in service, etc
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  [American slang]
  1. Lit. to leave one's job on a ship and fail to be aboard it when it sails; [for a sailor] to go AWOL.
    One of the deckhands jumped ship at the last port.
  2. Fig. to leave any post or position; to quit or resign, especially when there is difficulty with the job.
    None of the editors liked the new policies, so they all jumped ship as soon as other jobs opened up.

• "typee" is an account, told in the first person, of the adventures of a young american who with a companion (toby) jumps ships.
• Seems like you're the one wanting to jump . jump ship
• He jump ship to a famous computer company
• You vacation in my bungalow and now you go jump ship
• Once you've made it clear that you want to jump ship, your loyalty will be in question
• Top managers at western companies, on the other hand, had few incentives until recently to jump ship
• These reasons only explain why managers won't jump ship.
• _Dean Poritzky is the latest to jump ship at Fidelity.
• Is there any hope, or should I just jump ship?
• Should you be ready to jump ship after only four months?

• "jump ship" meaning in Chinese: 舰艇上之不假外出者
• "jump ship" meaning in Japanese: {1} : （船員｛せんいん｝が契約期間中｛けいやく きかん ちゅう｝に無断｛むだん｝で）船から脱走｛だっそう｝する...
• "jump ship" meaning in Russian: expr infml Another Soviet sailor jumped ship in Canada...
• "jump ship" meaning in French: sauter du bateau; abandonner une société destinée à l'éche...