What Does Ditch Means?

6. Slang.   A. To get rid of: I ditched that old hat of yours.   B. To escape from: He ditched the cops by driving down an alley.   C. To absent oneself from (school or a class) without permission or an acceptable reason.

Ditch means to forsake or leave. It also means to dump or chuck a thing or a person. It refers to the act of throwing away a thing or leaving somebody half way. He ditched his lover means that he dumped or left his lover. Thus it means to discard or get rid of something. To get away from somebody or to discontinue the association with them also means to ditch.

A long narrow trench or a furrow dug in the ground is also known as a ditch. It is dug for various purposes like irrigation, drainage or a boundary line. It is a moderate pit used to channel water also. Farmlands have a lot of ditches for drainage and water management. Ditches found on road sides are dug for cabling and pipelines but at times they create a lot of problems for the motorists and are dangerous as they can cause accidents.

To leave without telling the person you are going away.

Ditch means to leave go somewhere else without telling a person.

Really mean to tell them your coming back when really your not.

# forsake; "ditch a lover"
# chuck: Throw away; "Chuck these old notes"
# dump: Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly; "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"
# make an emergency landing on water
# crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
# a long narrow excavation in the earth
# trench: Cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"
# any small natural waterway