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View definitions for set sail

set sail

verb as in get started on trip

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They had not long set sail when they learned the wrong coffin had been loaded so they returned to port and it was swapped over - in full view of the bemused passengers.

From BBC

The married couple set sail for the Canary Islands on 11 May but were soon asked to isolate in their cabin when they became ill.

From BBC

When Cal State Fullerton professor Andi Stein set sail on her first Disney Cruise trip to the Bahamas for research more than a decade ago, she was on the fence about the idea.

The ship anchored off the County Down coast overnight and had been expected to set sail again on Tuesday.

From BBC

Residents recorded videos, expressing joy, as the ship slipped off, excited to set sail.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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