āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to ditch
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĢā§āϞ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to dispose of something
Transitive: to ditch sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Instead of repairing the broken appliance, they ditched it and got a new one.
āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āϝāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĢā§āϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āĻāĻŋāύā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to abruptly end a relationship with someone without warning or explanation
Transitive: to ditch sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was shocked when he suddenly ditched her without any explanation.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšāϤāĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻā§āύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āϏā§āĻā§āϞ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āϞāĻžāϏ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to deliberately absent oneself from a class or school activity without permission
Transitive: to ditch a class or school activity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite knowing the consequences, she chose to ditch class to attend a concert downtown.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāĻž āϏāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§āĻ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻšāϰā§āϰ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāύāϏāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻāϞ⧠āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ āĻŦāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϞ⧠āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž
to make an emergency landing on water
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The small plane was forced to ditch in the lake after running out of fuel.
āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻšā§āϰāĻĻā§ āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ
āĻŦāϤāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāύāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāύāĻž āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to dig or create a tranch in the ground
Transitive: to ditch the land
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The workers will ditch the field to control the flow of water.
āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻāϰāĻž āĻāϞā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŽāĻžāĻ ā§ āĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻāύāύ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
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āĻāϰā§āϰ⧠āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§, āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞ⧠āĻāϰā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§
to land an aircraft on water in emergency
Transitive: to ditch an aircraft
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The aircraft was low on fuel, and the crew decided to ditch it in the nearest lake.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āϰ⧠āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻšā§āϰāĻĻā§ āĻāϞ⧠āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻĻ, āύāĻžāϞāĻž
a long, narrow hole next to a road to keep it from getting too wet
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They dug a new ditch to improve drainage on the roa
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻāύā§āύāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āĻāĻžāĻĻ āĻāύāύ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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