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уйти с работы (Taras); попасть из одной ситуации в другую (Taras); уволиться (When the company announced that it was losing money, many of its employees jumped ship Taras); бежать с тонущего корабля (перен. Taras); переходить в другую компанию (Taras); покидать корабль (Taras) |
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уйти на более выгодное место (I didn't jump ship – I was pushed off gang plank. I was disappointed to find myself with no choice but to resign.); перейти в другую компанию (Aiduza); дезертировать (Баян); перебежать (в противоборствующий лагерь, к конкурентам: Does this mean Accord and Camry owners will be jumping ship for Chevrolet? Баян) |
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свалить (Windows is getting to me. I'm thinking about jumping ship and going to a solid product like the iPad.) |
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соскочить (He needs to be careful he doesn't jump ship too early. 4uzhoj) |
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дезертировать (с корабля MichaelBurov) |
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дезертировать с корабля (As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return.); улизнуть с корабля (As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return.) |
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to leave something, especially suddenly or rapidly (I couldn't hack it as a teacher, so I jumped ship and flew back to Australia.  wiktionary.org); by extension, to suddenly abandon any post or task (I can't believe he resigned and jumped ship before bringing about the big changes he promised. thefreedictionary.com); to leave any post or position (None of the editors liked the new policies, so they all jumped ship as soon as other jobs opened up. thefreedictionary.com); 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. thefreedictionary.com); to leave an organization that you are working for, especially in order to join another (The best employees jumped ship at the first opportunity. • Recruits in the big firms frequently jump ship. • Many workers will jump ship if their employers try to limit their bonus. ldoceonline.com); to leave an organization or cause, either because you think it is about to fail or because you want to join a rival organization (He has told the manager that he intends to fight for his place rather than jump ship to Newcastle United or Aston Villa. • My first commitment is to Aprilia and I don't intend to jump ship. • Does this mean Accord and Camry owners will be jumping ship for Chevrolet? • Surely anybody would jump ship to do their same job for a lot more money. • There is a danger of sponsors jumping ship, but who knows? • He needs to be careful he doesn't jump ship too early. • After all, you don't want a key player to jump ship for a more lucrative position elsewhere. • A new study has found that, despite the slower job market, employees are just as willing to quit their job now than they were at the height of the boom years, when jumping ship seemed like a monthly option for some workers. • She's been feeling a bit low lately after a messy break-up, and I get the impression that things have been a bit stressful for her at work, with layoffs and people jumping ship. • With unemployment at its highest point in nearly a decade, workers lucky enough to avoid layoffs have had little opportunity to jump ship. collinsdictionary.com); to leave a company or organization in order to work for another, especially in order to get a higher salary or better working conditions (Loyalty bonuses were paid to staff so they wouldn't jump ship.
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to depart from a ship (As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return. wiktionary.org); leave the ship on which one is serving without having obtained permission to do so (of a sailor: He jumped ship in Cape Town. • When the Dutch Fleet visited Australia in 1910 a large number of sailors jumped ship and at least twelve of them later settled in Adelaide. • Escaping poverty, they simply jumped ship after docking in New York or San Francisco. • Throughout the 19th century a steady trickle of lascars - sailors from Africa, China and the Malay archipelago who manned British trading vessels - had been jumping ship as soon as they docked in London. • He was a hard drinker and a staunch trade unionist who came to Australia as a stoker in 1910 and jumped ship. • So, when we got to Istanbul, we broke into the equipment locker, jumped ship, stole a bus and headed off to Incirlik Airbase on the Black Sea. • Anstey stowed away at the age of 11, jumped ship in Sydney and spent 10 years as a seaman.• He stows away on a Portugal-bound ship, has qualms about the reception that might await him, and jumps ship at St. Helena. lexico.com); to suddenly abandon one's post on a ship (of a sailor: No one has been able to find that missing sailor, so they think he probably jumped ship. thefreedictionary.com); 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. thefreedictionary.com); to leave a ship on which you are working as a sailor, without permission (Harley would have them jump ship just as it's pulling into the dock. ldoceonline.com); to desert, esp to leave a ship in which one is legally bound to serve (Harley would have them jump ship just as it's pulling into the dock. collinsdictionary.com) |
