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put out to sea

put out to sea is the alternative form of put to sea.

Meaning of put to sea

Verb

put to sea (third-person singular simple present puts to sea, present participle putting to sea, simple past and past participle put to sea)

  1. To leave a port or harbour on a voyage, or for other purposes such as fishing.
    • The sun was rising for the third time since he had put to sea when the fish started to circle.1952 September 1, Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 86

Forms of put out to sea

third-person singular presentputs out to sea
present participleputting out to sea
past participleput out to sea
pastput out to sea

Questions about put out to sea

What is put out to sea the alternative form of?
Put out to sea is the alternative form of put to sea.

Words near put out to sea in the dictionary

  1. put out of one's head
  2. put out of one's mind
  3. put out the fire
  4. put out to grass
  5. put out to pasture
  6. put out to sea
  7. put outs
  8. put over
  9. put paid to
  10. put past
  11. put pedal to the metal

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