set sail

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set sail

to begin a trip on a ship or boat Later he left California and set sail for Australia, searching for gold.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of set sail (put up the sails of a boat to use the wind to move forward)

See also: sail, set

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He sold all his flock, invested it in a cargo of dates, and set sail. Fables by Aesop View in context After this misfortune Sir Hovenden Walker set sail for England; and many pious people began to think it a sin even to wish for the conquest of Canada. Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context Then he dragged himself cautiously to the top of a rock, from which he had a full view of the sea, and thence he saw the tartan complete her preparations for sailing, weigh anchor, and, balancing herself as gracefully as a water-fowl ere it takes to the wing, set sail. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context			set in a type face set in concrete set in motion set in stone set in train set in ways set into set mind at ease set mind on set of pipes set of wheels set off set off alarm bells set off on set on set on fire set one back on heels set one on feet set out set out stall set out to set out to do set over set price set right set sail set sail for some place set sights set sights on set straight set teeth on edge set the agenda set the ball rolling set the pace set the record straight set the scene set the scene for set the stage for set the table set the tone set the wheels in motion set the world on fire set to set to do set to music set to work set tongues wagging set type set up set up against set up as			set pieces set point set point set point set point Set point (tennis) Set point (tennis) set points set points set pressure Set Pressure Verification Device set price Set Priority Level Set Priority Level set pulse set purpose Set Quote Set Random Bits to Ones Set Random Bits to Zeroes Set Reference Point 1 Set Reset set retarder set retarder set retarder set right set right set right set right set right set right set sail set sail for some place Set screw Set screw set screws set screws set seal set seal set seal set seal set seal set seal on set seal on set seal on set seal on set seal on set shot Set shot (Australian rules football) set shots set sights set sights on set sights on set sights on set sights on set sights on Set Single Line Distance set someone or something on fire set someone or something on track set something down in black and white set something down to something set something in

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