Meaning of abandon ship | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom.
2. To leave a person or organization when things become difficult.
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Examples

“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 showing quite the same level of luck as Johnston.”

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