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jumped ship
phrase
past tense of jump ship
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to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another
- He jumped ship when he found out the non-profit's founder was keeping much of the funding for himself.
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“Jumped ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jumped%20ship. Accessed 9 Aug. 2022.
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