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Another word for ditch

ditch Synonyms

ditch

n.

trench, canal, moat, furrow; see channel 1, trench.

ditch Synonyms

ditch

v.

To make a ditch
furrow, trench, drain; see dig 1.
To run into a ditch
skid, overturn, derail; see crash 1, 4, wreck 1.
*To get rid of
desert, forsake, leave, jettison; see abandon 2, discard.

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Another word for ditch

verb

(Slang)

To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example:

discard, dispose of, dump, junk, scrap¹, throw away, throw out. (Informal) chuck, jettison, shuck (off). See keep

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We all ran down this ditch to help and then I saw it was Bobbie.
Would he ditch her and run off with the other woman?
"You have accounted yourselves happy," he said in January 1658, "in being environed by a great ditch from all the world beside.
How do you ditch a motor home in the middle of Kansas?
"Hopefully he doesn't ditch us," he said with forced lightness.

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