💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Abandon ship"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| abandonverb | (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. |
| cast adriftverb | (transitive) To abandon a ship at sea |
| cast awayverb | (transitive) To discard. |
| shipnoun | (nautical) A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat. |
| ship outverb | (transitive) To send, especially by means of a transport vehicle. |
| jump shipverb | (figurative) To leave something, especially suddenly or rapidly. |
| abandnoun | (obsolete, transitive) To desert; to forsake. |
| forsakeverb | (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something). |
| scuttleverb | (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry. |
| strandnoun | Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord. |
| put forthverb | (transitive) To advance, offer, propose (often verbally). |
| put to seaverb | (nautical, of a boat or ship) To leave a port or harbour on a voyage, or for other purposes such as fishing. |
| leave behindverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To abandon. |
| desertnoun | A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland. |
| set adriftverb | To send a ship, boat or raft out to sea without a crew or resources to steer it. |
| swallow the anchorverb | (naval slang) To leave the navy. |
| give upverb | (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.) |
| disshipverb | (obsolete) To dismiss from service on board ship. |
| forletnoun | (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect. |
| pay offverb | (transitive) To pay back; to repay. |
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