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abandon ship

1. Literally, to escape from a sinking ship. We had to abandon ship after the collision with the rocks tore a hole in the hull.

2. By extension, to leave a failing organization or bad situation. Amid rumors that the company was filing for bankruptcy, the employees started to abandon ship.

abandon ship

1. Lit. to leave a sinking ship. The captain ordered the crew and passengers to abandon ship.

2. . Fig. to leave a failing enterprise. A lot of the younger people are abandoning ship because they can get jobs elsewhere easily.

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Schettino, who is charged with multiple manslaughter and with abandoning ship before the evacuation of its 4,200 passengers and crew was complete, has told prosecutors he had been instructed to perform the manoeuvre by operator Costa Cruises.

Doomed liner's captain trades blame with shipowner

Cpt Schettino and an officer were held and questioned by prosecutors on suspicion of multiple manslaughter, abandoning ship, and causing a shipwreck, reports said.

Captain quizzed by police

He is reportedly being held on suspicion of multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship. Frogmen today continued to scour the submerged parts of the luxury vessel and were said to have found a sixth body today.

Captain accused

THREE retired friends who died on an angling trip off Ireland tried to fight a fire on board their boat before abandoning ship.

Three die in angling tragedy

Was Heysel your own reason for abandoning ship? What about Trevor Steven and Gary Stevens?

STOP BLAMING HEYSEL ON BLUE DEMISE; THE MIDWEEK DERBY

Rescue helicopters and coastguards raced to the scene as the crew sent out a mayday alert before abandoning ship.

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Schettino is on trial over the disaster on charges of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship.

Costa Concordia: DNA Test Says Body Discovered is of Maria Grazia Trecarichi

Schettino told a court in Grosseto, where the trial against him for manslaughter and abandoning ship resumed, that he steered in the wrong direction and the ship crashed," he said.

Costa Concordia captain blames helmsman for accident during trial

Capt Francesco Schettino is accused of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship before all passengers were rescued.

Sonar 'left off' as liner struck reef; DISASTER

Last night Schettino, dubbed Captain Coward, was holed-up inside his shuttered home waiting to find out if he will be charged with manslaughter, causing shipwreck and abandoning ship.

GO BACK TO YOUR CABINS.. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG

The other is Captain Francesco Schettino - whom newspapers have branded a coward for fleeing in the face of adversity and who is now under house arrest, accused of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship.

Italy enthralled by ship's tale of two captains

Meanwhile, Concordia's c(http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/511966/20131007/costa-concordia-trial-schettino-shock-grosseto.htm) aptain Francesco Schettino is on trial in the Tuscan town of Grosseto on charges of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship.