ship
"ship out,"
1. to leave, especially for another country or assignment:
He said goodby to his family and shipped out for the West Indies.
2. to send away, especially to another country or assignment.
3. Informal. to quit, resign, or be fired from a job:
Shape up or ship out!
"jump ship,"
1. to escape from a ship, especially one in foreign waters or a foreign port, as to avoid further service as a sailor or to request political asylum.
2. to withdraw support or membership from a group, organization, cause, etc.; defect or desert:
Some of the more liberal members have jumped ship.
"run a tight ship,"
to exercise a close, strict control over a ship's crew, a company, organization, or the like.
"when one's ship comes in/home,"
1. when one's fortune is assured:
She'll buy a car as soon as her ship comes in.
2. when one has become successful or wealthy:
when their ship comes in they'll be able to live in better style.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English scip; cognate with Dutch schip, German Schiff, Old Norse, Gothic skip; (v.) Middle English s(c)hip(p)en, derivative of the noun. Old English scip; related to Old Norse skip, Old High German skif ship, scipfī cup. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of ship: Noun: before the 12th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for ship: Noun: Middle English, from Old English scip; akin to Old High German skif ship. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 20 June 2020 {11:12 AM}
1. to leave, especially for another country or assignment:
He said goodby to his family and shipped out for the West Indies.
2. to send away, especially to another country or assignment.
3. Informal. to quit, resign, or be fired from a job:
Shape up or ship out!
"jump ship,"
1. to escape from a ship, especially one in foreign waters or a foreign port, as to avoid further service as a sailor or to request political asylum.
2. to withdraw support or membership from a group, organization, cause, etc.; defect or desert:
Some of the more liberal members have jumped ship.
"run a tight ship,"
to exercise a close, strict control over a ship's crew, a company, organization, or the like.
"when one's ship comes in/home,"
1. when one's fortune is assured:
She'll buy a car as soon as her ship comes in.
2. when one has become successful or wealthy:
when their ship comes in they'll be able to live in better style.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English scip; cognate with Dutch schip, German Schiff, Old Norse, Gothic skip; (v.) Middle English s(c)hip(p)en, derivative of the noun. Old English scip; related to Old Norse skip, Old High German skif ship, scipfī cup. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of ship: Noun: before the 12th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for ship: Noun: Middle English, from Old English scip; akin to Old High German skif ship. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 20 June 2020 {11:12 AM}