The phrase "abandon work on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating the decision to stop or cease efforts on a particular task or project.
Example: "After much consideration, we decided to abandon work on the outdated software project."
Alternatives: "cease work on" or "discontinue work on".
Back home, the Siegels suffered cash-flow problems which forced them to abandon work on Versailles.
EDF has threatened to abandon work on a proposed nuclear plant in Suffolk unless it receives assurances from the government this year that a viable funding model exists.
1 EDF has threatened to abandon work on a proposed nuclear plant in Suffolk unless it receives assurances from the government this year that a viable funding model exists.
The Bush administration announced in 2006 that it was restoring diplomatic ties with Libya as a reward for Colonel Qaddafi's decision in 2003 to renounce terrorism and abandon work on weapons of mass destruction, a reversal that Bush administration officials were quick to attribute to the American invasion of Iraq.
Koreas Agree to a Dialogue (By The New York Times), SEOUL, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 23 -- North and South Korean negotiators agreed early today on a joint statement to cooperate "through dialogue" after the North rejected a demand that it pledge to abide by its previous commitments, including the 1994 Geneva framework under which the North was to abandon work on nuclear weapons.
"Diamond Offshore has previously indicated that it will be allowed to proceed with its work for Taylor Energy because the plug and abandon work on the platform is not drilling-related and is being carried out at a water depth of 450 feet," Shoemaker says.
(West briefly abandoned work on his dissertation to write a novel, which was never published).
Iran had long insisted that it abandoned work on the project three years ago.
Iran has consistently maintained that it abandoned work on this advanced technology, called the P-2 centrifuge, three years ago.
Amy Winehouse has abandoned work on the theme song for the forthcoming James Bond film, "Quantum of Solace," The Associated Press reported.
Colleagues abandoned work on on other black and white formats, he said, as graphics experts began to spread the GIF online.
