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sail into

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sail into something
to change to a new condition. The economy, for all its strengths, was sailing into trouble.
Etymology: based on the idea of a ship sailing into a port, pushed by the wind
See also: sail

sail into somewhere
to enter a place quickly and confidently. He sailed into the press conference on Friday, grinning at the journalists.
See also: sail
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Acting on this warning no one answered a word, but after we had gone a little ahead, and the vessel was now lying to leeward, suddenly they fired two guns, and apparently both loaded with chain-shot, for with one they cut our mast in half and brought down both it and the sail into the sea, and the other, discharged at the same moment, sent a ball into our vessel amidships, staving her in completely, but without doing any further damage.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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