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 More results

References in classic literature

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

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