take ship
Example Sentences
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When the Second World War broke out he was in East Africa doing field research, and he intrepidly found his way overland to take ship for England and volunteer for military service.
From Scientific American • Jan. 6, 2012
One week in 1927, a great number of Americans will take ship for France, and their name will be Legion�American Legionnaires, 15,000 to 50,000 strong, it is expected.
From Time Magazine Archive
The artists, recruited from five states, will take ship in June.
From Time Magazine Archive
Relieved, the Ambassador remained at the State Lodge for a few days, planned then to travel east, to take ship for Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then those who were to go were glad, for they knew that Gandalf also would take ship with them.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
