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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. jump ship if you jump ship, you leave a job or activity suddenly before it is finished, especially to go and work for someone else Another advertising agency offered him $1000 to jump ship. jump ship to leave a job or activity suddenly Although most of our employees are satisfied with their jobs, half of them would probably jump ship if something becames available elsewhere. The original star of the TV series jumped ship after the first season. Usage notes: often said about someone who goes to work for another company Etymology: based on the literal meaning of jump ship (to leave a ship without permission while it is temporarily in a port in the middle of a trip) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``My philosophy is that people aren't inclined to jump ship if they have something important to do,'' said Hoskins, 51, operations manager at Kinemetrics Inc. In an industry where the grass so often appears greener at other firms and where executives frequently jump ship to join the ranks of the competition, perhaps one of the reasons why Huffner has shown so much loyalty to the firm he started working for 15 years ago is the leeway it gave him when his father became ill with cancer in 1996. Being first in the market, too, will make customers reluctant to jump ship to another provider, say executives. |
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