Tag: in droves
Jump ship
WotD: Jump ship Today we’re going to take a brief look at the term jump ship, which began with a literal meaning and now has somewhat of a more symbolic one. Going back a few hundred years ago, sailors signed contracts with ships or companies to work for a period of time or so many…
In droves
Word of the Day: In droves Before the pandemic, immigrants were heading to Europe in droves. Hundreds of thousands of them were illegally crossing into Turkey from Syria and crossing the Mediterranean in boats from Libya, trying to get into Greece. That’s our word for today, droves. It’s not a word you hear very often,…
