leave+ship
81French ship Argonaute (1798) — The Argonaute was a 74 gun ship of the line of the French Navy.Under Villaret de Joyeuse, she took part in the expedition to Saint Domingue. She took part in the Battle of Trafalgar and managed to return to Cádiz. Unable to leave the harbour… …
82The Huntress (ship) — The Huntress of New York was a topsail hermaphrodite schooner which transported slaves. The Huntress was the last slave schooner to leave the Congo region.In March 1865, The Huntress left with a capacity of 200 slaves headed for Louisiana. [… …
83break ship Nautical — fail to rejoin one s ship after absence on leave. → break …
84jump 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 …
85jump ship — If you leave a company or institution for another because it is doing badly, you are jumping ship …
86like a rat deserting a sinking ship — If people leave a company because they know that it s about to have serious problems, or turn their back on a person about to be in a similar situation, they are said to be like rats deserting a sinking ship …
87shape up or ship out — If someone has to shape up or ship out, they have to improve or leave their job, organisation, etc …
88service of the ship — Acts done by a seaman for the benefit of the ship or in the actual performance of his duty, even including some acts on shore leave. 48 Am J1st Ship § 169. Working in the course of employment as a seaman, not in the course of a private pursuit.… …
89jump ship — ► jump ship (of a sailor) leave a ship without permission. Main Entry: ↑jump …
90shore leave — n. leave granted to a ship s crew for going ashore …