break ship

To fail to return to one's ship when one is supposed to. There's still been no sign of him, captain—I think he broke ship.

break ship

fail to rejoin your ship after absence on leave.

See also: break, ship

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

go down with the ship
when (one's) ship comes in
when my ship comes in
when one's ship comes in
when ship comes in
when someone's ship comes in
when your ship comes in
when your ship/boat comes in
be broad in the beam
jump ship

References in periodicals archive

After the break Ship had the wind in their favour, but Lancelyn skipper Steve Padmore - ably assisted by young Danny Beattie and Stewy Jones - were more than equal to the challenge at the back and gave adequate cover to stand-in goalkeeper, Ian Howard who was rarely troubled.

Amateur Football: Ship bury league misery by plundering Challenge Cup; Wirral Sunday

Workers break ships without safety equipment, by hand, and many are killed in explosions or die of suffocation from exposure to toxic fumes and asbestos dust.

SAFE AND GREENER ACTIVITIES AT GADDANI SHIPBREAKING UNDER FOCUS

It has a capacity to break ships ranging from 800 tonnes to 50,000 tonnes on its 70 metre plot in Alang (Gujarat), which is the centre of the ship-breaking and recycling industry in Asia.

-CRISIL rates Saumil Impex's loans at BB/"stable", P4+

Hartlepool's Able UK has been negotiating with the Environment Agency for years to be allowed to break ships, having been at the centre of a media frenzy over its plans to dismantle the "ghost ships" of the US fleet in 2003.

Yards race to join breaking business

Last night he said his operation would be the obvious choice for anyone looking to break ships, but that neither his company nor MM had yet been contacted by Defra, which wrote the report.

We would consider ghost ship break-up

BEARING in mind the trouble which was raised when the American Armada was brought to Hartlepool to be scrapped, the latest idea for Swan's yard to break ships will seriously test local relationships ( ie jobs v environment.

Vent your spleen

Mr Kroese last night claimed Swan Hunter would be the only yard in the UK able to break ships, and one of only a handful in Europe.

Jobs lifeline for Swan Hunter

词组	break ship
释义	break ship break ship To fail to return to one's ship when one is supposed to. There's still been no sign of him, captain—I think he broke ship. See also: break, ship Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. break ship fail to rejoin your ship after absence on leave. See also: break, ship Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: go down with the ship when (one's) ship comes in when my ship comes in when one's ship comes in when ship comes in when someone's ship comes in when your ship comes in when your ship/boat comes in be broad in the beam jump ship References in periodicals archive After the break Ship had the wind in their favour, but Lancelyn skipper Steve Padmore - ably assisted by young Danny Beattie and Stewy Jones - were more than equal to the challenge at the back and gave adequate cover to stand-in goalkeeper, Ian Howard who was rarely troubled. Amateur Football: Ship bury league misery by plundering Challenge Cup; Wirral Sunday Workers break ships without safety equipment, by hand, and many are killed in explosions or die of suffocation from exposure to toxic fumes and asbestos dust. SAFE AND GREENER ACTIVITIES AT GADDANI SHIPBREAKING UNDER FOCUS It has a capacity to break ships ranging from 800 tonnes to 50,000 tonnes on its 70 metre plot in Alang (Gujarat), which is the centre of the ship-breaking and recycling industry in Asia. -CRISIL rates Saumil Impex's loans at BB/"stable", P4+ Hartlepool's Able UK has been negotiating with the Environment Agency for years to be allowed to break ships, having been at the centre of a media frenzy over its plans to dismantle the "ghost ships" of the US fleet in 2003. Yards race to join breaking business Last night he said his operation would be the obvious choice for anyone looking to break ships, but that neither his company nor MM had yet been contacted by Defra, which wrote the report. We would consider ghost ship break-up BEARING in mind the trouble which was raised when the American Armada was brought to Hartlepool to be scrapped, the latest idea for Swan's yard to break ships will seriously test local relationships ( ie jobs v environment. Vent your spleen Mr Kroese last night claimed Swan Hunter would be the only yard in the UK able to break ships, and one of only a handful in Europe. Jobs lifeline for Swan Hunter
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