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like rats leaving a sinking ship
idiom
(alsolike rats deserting a sinking ship, like rats from a sinking ship)
used to refer to people leaving a place, organization, activity, etc. very quickly and in large numbers, because it is failing in some way:
Former friends have deserted the couple like rats leaving a sinking ship.
His aides could finally depart for lucrative private sector jobs without looking like rats deserting a sinking ship.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Departing
abandon
abandon ship
abandonment
absquatulate
backward
move
p.o.q.
peel away/off
piss off
pull
pull out
pull something off
push along
sea
track
vacate
vamoose
walk
walk off (somewhere)
walk out
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