ditch
v.v. to get rid of something or someone you no longer want. It is a casual way to say you are stopping or leaving something behind.
v. to abandon or discard a person, object, or plan, typically in a sudden or unceremonious manner. Informal in register; often implies a lack of regard for the thing being discarded.
I decided to ditch my old car and start walking to work.
The group had to ditch their original travel plans when the main highway was closed due to heavy snow.
In a desperate bid to save the failing startup, the founders chose to ditch their secondary product line and focus exclusively on their core software.
From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) from Proto-Germanic dīkaz (compare Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk (“dam”), Dutch dijk (“dam”), German Teich (“pond”)), from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) (compare Latin fīgō (“to affix, fasten”), Lithuanian diegti (“to prick; plant”), dýgsti (“to geminate, grow”)). Doublet of dike.
From earlier deche, from Middle English dechen, from Old English dēcan (“to smear, plaster, daub”). More at deech.
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object.