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Meanings of ditch in English

Catalan
desembarassar-se
Spanish
destruir

Throw away.

desembarassar-se
Portuguese
limpar
Spanish
abrir zanjas

Cut a trench in, as for drainage.

limpar

To not go to class without permission.

Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly.

Usage of ditch in English
1
Some gamers might be quite happy to ditch the physical market forever.
The South African
2
The companies' decision to appeal directly to Trump was a last-ditch gamble.
Reuters
3
Schulz strode across the ditch by the road; Christophe leaped the fence.
Jean-Christophe, Volume I
4
On the other side of the ditch something moved in the grass.
Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River
5
But I think that we are asking questions here about last-ditch efforts.
BBC
6
He then dragged the body to the ditch and threw it in.
Original Short Stories — Volume 01
7
We're going to ask you to ditch it for the time being.
Wild Storm
8
But the water in the center ditch grew swifter by the second.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
9
Guess that's as good a place as any to ditch his car.
The next to die
10
He manages a separate project also looking at ways to ditch flaps.
Wired
11
Into a stinking ditch; into water that was thick, cold, and slimy.
The lake
12
I just don't want to ditch my team right now, is all.
Nemesis
13
It takes him several tries to properly ditch and don his equipment.
The warrior elite: the forging of seal class 228
14
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hear Cosby's last-ditch appeal.
Reuters
15
Hopes his successor, Mr Turnbull, would ditch that decision were soon dashed.
News.com.au
16
It is the blind who fall into the ditch-thereckless who stumble.
The Good Time Coming
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Translations for ditch
Portuguese
limpar
Ditch through the time
Ditch across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
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