The phrase "abandon a scheme" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the decision to stop pursuing a particular plan or project.
Example: "After careful consideration, the team decided to abandon the scheme due to unforeseen challenges."
Alternatives: "discard a plan" or "give up on a project".
Xenophon is irritated by the development and dumbfounded that the prime minister has, in essence, abandoned a scheme he formulated in 2009 with Xenophon's support.
British Gas says it is abandoning a scheme offering free or subsidised insulation to homes in Clifton, Nottingham.
Late Tuesday Mr. Chávez announced the surprise decision to abandon a controlled devaluation scheme and let the currency float.
Britons who arrived in the U.K. as unaccompanied child refugees fleeing conflict have accused the government of moral failing after it abandoned a landmark scheme to help children facing the same plight today.
Mr Rudd, having also decided to abandon a supposedly cherished trading scheme for carbon emissions, was deposed by his colleagues and swiftly replaced by Julia Gillard, now the incumbent, who dropped Mr Rudd's tax proposal and negotiated a new one with the mining companies.
His ratings plummeted after he announced a new tax on wealthy mining companies, and abandoned an emissions trading scheme.
However, the "robbers" decide to abandon the scheme and commit an actual robbery, causing a shootout where the cashier accidentally shoots a security guard and gets arrested, and the mechanic must find a way to get her released from prison.
He told The Independent: "I hope they have lots of breaks in their contract," adding: "Nearly two years ago, we put government and industry on notice that a Conservative government would abandon the scheme and that the Government should design the contracts appropriately.
After viewing a windowless room, available elsewhere in the same company's network for £500 a month, I at last resolved to abandon the scheme for good.
