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ditch

ditch

Date: Jun 01 2005

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“But I feel like for the first time in history being in a rock band, or an indie-rock band, is actually quite a respectable career move. We need to
kind of ditch that.”
-Jamie Hince,of the band The Kills talking about how he wants to change the image of being in a band back to what it was.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

leave behind

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

One of the saddest things in life is when a friend _ditch_es you. I remember when I was in elementary school and my best friend _ditch_ed me for another friend.
At first, I didn’t realize that she had _ditch_ed me. I thought that she was just really busy. Then I started noticing that she was always busy, doing stuff with this other girl. Slowly, I started to realize that my best friend had _ditch_ed me.
Since then, I have been really careful not to ditch my friends because I know that it hurts people’s feelings. Have you ever been _ditch_ed by a friend, a boyfriend or a girlfriend?

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

””This idea isn’t working. We need to ditch it and come up with a better solution.”
“This is the fifth time that my car has broken down in the past year. I think I am going to ditch it and get another one.”
“I can’t believe that you _ditch_ed your boyfriend because he went out with his friends. Don’t you think that was a little bit harsh?”

“This idea isn’t working. We need to ditch it and come up with a better solution.”

“This is the fifth time that my car has broken down in the past year. I think I am going to ditch it and get another one.”

“I can’t believe that you _ditch_ed your boyfriend because he went out with his friends. Don’t you think that was a little bit harsh?”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

I guess “Ditch” can be a drainage channel cut alongside a road or field, for example: He got the car stuck in a ditch as he was trying to turn it.
2-Ditch can also be something that you do not want it anymore, when you get rid of it: ” I’ve ditch_ed my old computer and bought a new one”.
3- You also _ditch
a person with whom you have been having a relationship, when you make an end of it, eg: ” Ronald said to Cicarelle that he was _ditch_ing her for another beautiful girl”.
by José (Bom Jesus da Lapa, Brazil)
discharge or get rid of
by Eddie (Porto Nacional-TOcantins, Brazil)
Ditch means “Leave”
by Kaya (Maryland, USA)
To leave an unwanted person, place or thing behind; to get rid of something or someone
by mone (cairo, egypt)
To get rid of
by jessica1983 (Changsha, China)
to ditch means to dump & to get rid of something
by IMAN (AHWAZ, IRAN)
leave it, stop it.
by rajinkash (, India)
ditch means to abandon or leave suddenly
by amir (mashhad, iran)
get rid of, to discard.
by freya (chongqing, china)
get rid of, to discard.
by freya (chongqing, china)
ditch = abandon
by Herbert (Kuching, Malaysia)
ditch means to leave someone or something usualy in a bad way..
by snello (dammam, s.a)
change the image;leave it behind
by Urvi (GURGAON, INDIA)
Ditch = throw, abandon
by Jeff (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
To get away from, discard etc.
by Iqbal (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

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miffoo

miffoo

Slovakia

cool slang :)

09:12 AM Mar 15 2009 |

theLaven

Nepal

Ditch what i mean i that to subterfuge someone & to abandon or forget the stuff or memories

11:02 AM May 01 2008 |

j.ion

j.ion

Thailand

friend always ditched me when she got a new boyfriend T_T
It’s ok,as long as she happy !!
_

08:57 AM Apr 03 2008 |

zitta

Mexico

ditch means to abandon, to leave and to discard

06:56 AM Mar 23 2008 |

jummy646

jummy646

Saudi Arabia

ditch means don’t thik about any more

05:51 PM Mar 01 2008 |

navkumar1989

India

I think ditch means to
leave or ignore something that is no more important

01:51 PM Feb 21 2008 |

elfetoriahmed

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

ditch means make it as not appered yat

07:56 AM Nov 26 2007 |

surana

surana

Malaysia

ditch means discard or abandon

05:55 AM Mar 31 2007 |

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