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sail into |
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sail into someone or something 1. to crash into someone or something with a boat or ship. The boat sailed into the dock, causing considerable damage. I was in my skiff when a larger boat sailed into me. 2. to crash into someone or something. The missile sailed into the soldiers, injuring a few. The car sailed into the lamppost. See also: sail sail into someone Fig. to attack someone; to chastise someone. (Based on sail into someone or something.) The angry coach sailed into the players. The teacher sailed into Timmy for breaking the window. See also: sail sail into something to change to a new condition The economy, for all its strengths, was sailing into trouble. 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. |
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