abandon ship

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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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