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Phrase(s): jump ship
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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs