The phrase "abandoning cleaning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of giving up or ceasing to clean, whether in a literal or metaphorical sense.
Example: "After a long day, I found myself abandoning cleaning and opting for a relaxing evening instead."
Alternatives: "neglecting cleaning" or "forsaking cleaning".
When a car accident leaves Mia unable to walk and forced to lower her romantic aspirations from the owner of her dance studio to its sometime janitor, Armando cheerfully abandons his cleaning to hoist her and her spirits.
Experts warn that without more money, New York's effort to test and clean up hazardous waste sites will begin grinding to a halt as early as next year, leaving hundreds of sites, from abandoned dry cleaning plants to sprawling landfills, untreated.
A few bad apples abandon their cleaning duties and head straight for the mucus.
The Louvre abandoned an earlier cleaning attempt in 1993 because of concerns that solvents could damage its "sfumato," an extraordinarily delicate blending technique that was Leonardo's trademark.
Mr. Fishman said some building owners and cleaning contractors had told union officials that Golden Mark had been put on the defensive to the extent that it had indicated to them that it might abandon the Manhattan cleaning market.
John Howard popularised the "cleaning the barnacles" metaphor to explain abandoning or shelving policies that were becoming a political liability.
It can get complicated, but holding your boundaries emotionally does not mean abandoning them when they need real help with self care, food preparation, cleaning and so on.
But an effort to clear out Zuccotti Park temporarily for cleaning was abandoned when hundreds of supporters gathered to protect the encampment.
Wyoming was horrified when in 2007 Congress cut the state's share of federal mineral royalties and, in 2012, sharply reduced Wyoming's chunk of funds for cleaning up abandoned coal mines.
The two spoke cordially about cleaning up abandoned mines, but the reception "was a lot chillier" when Wood suggested maintaining Obama-era policies to protect seasonal streams and block a proposed gold mine near Alaska's Bristol Bay.
