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Boring: abandon, discard, ditch

• He eventually ditched the plan to swim across the English Channel.

Use: jettison He eventually jettisoned the plan to swim across the English Channel.

In context jettison in a song: jettison in an article

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Notes Jettison literally means to throw something from an aircraft or ship.