- 1[transitive] ditch something/somebody (informal) to get rid of something or someone because you no longer want or need it/them The new road building program has been ditched. He ditched his girlfriend.
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- 2[transitive, intransitive] ditch (something) if a pilot ditches an aircraft, or if it ditches, it lands in the ocean in an emergency
- 3[transitive] ditch school (informal) to stay away from school without permission
ditch
verbNAmE//dɪtʃ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they ditch he / she / it ditches
past simple ditched
-ing form ditching
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