jettison

/ˈdʒetɪsən/ verb [T]

Translation

NOT WANT/NEED › to get rid of something you do not want or need

işe yaramaz diye atmak, vazgeçmek

The station has jettisoned educational broadcasts.785

MAKE LIGHTER › If an aircraft or a ship jettisons something, it throws it off to make itself lighter.

(uçak, gemi) fazlalıkları atmak, fazla yükten kurtulmak

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(Definition of jettison verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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