jump ship

Meaning

1. 1

   to leave the ship on which you are serving, without permission

2. 2

   to leave an organization that you belong to, suddenly and unexpectedly

In the movies · 3

• Well, just 'cause we jumped ship doesn't mean we're safe.Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2022
• Three men jumped ship last night. Churchill was one of them.The Bounty1984
• You don't stabilize the price, Your traders are gonna jump ship.Too Big to Fail2011

From the same entry

• be jumping up and down
• jump down throat
• jump the gun
• jump the lights
• jump out of your skin
• jump the queue
• jump the rails
• jump the shark
• jump through hoops
• jump to it
• climb on the bandwagon
• jump to conclusions