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ditch

Definition

  • noun: a long narrow hole that is dug along a road, field, etc., and used to hold or move water
  • noun: a long narrow excavation dug in the earth (as for drainage)
  • verb: to stop having or using (something you no longer want or need)
  • verb: to enclose with a ditch
  • synonyms: trench, channel, dike

Examples

  • The troops made a desperate 'last-ditch' effort to keep the town from being captured.

  • The negotiations were a 'last-ditch' attempt to prevent a labor strike.

  • His girlfriend 'ditched' him. = He 'got ditched' by his girlfriend.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Uh, best wishes, Lopey, Jordan. Thanks, Simon. "Let the wind die down. "Let the... shed go black inside. "Let evening come. "To the bottle in the ditch... "to the scoop... in the oats... "to... air in the lung... let evening come. " - Can I take that for you? I hear you're getting married. (..)
    2005 In Her Shoes