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shove off
(Idiomatic) To leave
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weigh-anchor
(Nautical) to raise the anchor from the seabed prior to getting under way
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leave (related)
To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
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sail (related)
Sail is defined as to move, float or glide smoothly through water or air, or to move quickly.
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launch
To set going; initiate:
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go-ahead
Characterized by energy and assertiveness:
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set out
To start an activity with the intention of finishing it.
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start-out
To begin one's life, or occupation.
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dive-in
(Idiomatic) To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly.
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Set-sail Sentence Examples

  • The fleet then set sail.

  • The Scottish parliament agreed to the marriage of the young queen with the dauphin of France, and, on the plea of securing her safety from English designs, she set sail from Dumbarton in August 1548 to complete her education at the French court.

  • The Anasazi, "The Ancient Ones," as the pres­ent day Navajo call them, built cities and a society for 13 centuries before abandoning this high Sonoran desert, all before Columbus ever set sail.

  • He himself never felt at home at Brussels, and in August 1559 he set sail for Spain, never again to revisit the Netherlands.

  • Before he set sail for Egypt, the French had taken possession of Rome.

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