DITCH


Meaning of DITCH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪtʃ ]

( ditches, ditching, ditched)

1.

A ditch is a long narrow channel cut into the ground at the side of a road or field.

N-COUNT

2.

If you ditch something that you have or are responsible for, you abandon it or get rid of it, because you no longer want it. ( INFORMAL )

I decided to ditch the sofa bed.

= dump

VERB : V n

3.

If someone ditches someone, they end a relationship with that person. ( INFORMAL )

I can’t bring myself to ditch him and start again.

= dump

VERB : V n

4.

If a pilot ditches an aircraft or if it ditches , the pilot makes an emergency landing.

One American pilot was forced to ditch his jet in the Gulf...

A survivor was knocked unconscious when the helicopter ditched.

VERB : V n , V

5.

see also last-ditch

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