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Ditch
dɪtʃ
- a narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water
"their car went out of control and plunged into a ditch"
- the Tasman Sea, which separates Australia from New Zealand
"it's 10 p.m. for me in Australia and midnight for my friends across the ditch in New Zealand"
- provide with a ditch or ditches
"he was praised for ditching the coastal areas"
- make or repair ditches
"we ditched around our tents"
- get rid of or give up
"plans for the road were ditched following a public inquiry"
- end a relationship with (someone) peremptorily
"she ditched her husband to marry the window cleaner"
- play truant from (school)
"maybe she could ditch school and run away"
- bring (an aircraft) down on water in an emergency
"he was picked up by a gunboat after ditching his plane in the Mediterranean"
- (of an aircraft) make a forced landing on water
"the aircraft was obliged to ditch in the sea off the North African coast"
- derail (a train)