The phrase "abandon career" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the act of leaving or giving up on a professional path or job.
Example: "After years of dissatisfaction, she decided to abandon her career in finance and pursue her passion for art."
Alternatives: "give up on a career" or "leave a profession".
Understanding Fertility The goal of the American Infertility Association is not to encourage women to abandon careers or to start families before they are emotionally and financially ready.
Pepperberg's basic biography ought to be rousing (nerdy girl abandons career in chemistry to pursue animal intelligence; is rejected by establishment; achieves international acclaim).
Melding science with meditations on the author's abandoned career in marine biology, this study of jellyfish asserts that they "are awash in misunderstanding".
Like so many caregivers, she has discovered that along with the abandoned career, the hands-on tasks, the medical scheduling, the insurance tussles and the disrupted sleep, she faces another trial: social isolation.
Some women regret abandoning careers in favor of becoming full-time caregivers.
More women are abandoning careers to stay home with their children.
It is a catalog of personal devastation - abrupt dismissals, abandoned careers, dwindling options.
Many caddies abandoned careers because of drinking or drugs, said Michael Evans, a full-time caddy at Wykagl Country Club in New Rochelle.
The couple came to Marrakech on holiday five years ago but stayed on, abandoning careers in France to reinvent themselves as hoteliers and fashion designers.
The narrative revolves around a group of four middle-aged New York mothers who, having abandoned careers as bankers, artists and academics, now expend their energies timetabling play-dates and music lessons.
Where were the cites to studies about the fate of women who abandoned careers for home and family, only to be later abandoned physically and economically by their husbands who found younger more attractive women — at work.
