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ship out

ship out verb: to depart, especially for a sea voyage or military assignment.

Verb

ship out (third-person singular simple present ships out, present participle shipping out, simple past and past participle shipped out)

  1. (intransitive) To depart, especially for a sea voyage or military assignment.
    • The brigade is scheduled to ship out for final training in Okinawa by mid-November.1950 October 16, “Canada: Destination Europe?”, in Time
    Synonyms:
    sail
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To leave, get out, or resign.
    • With a bit of luck the guard room will be empty, we'll grab some coats, press some buttons and just ship out of here.2006, Ian Macpherson, Invisibility, →ISBN, page 164
  3. (transitive) To send, especially by means of a transport vehicle.
    • The winery recently shipped out the first orders of wine under the Falcon Crest label.1982 August 10, “Soap opera title suits wine label”, in Milwaukee Sentinel, retrieved 14 Aug 2009
    Synonyms:
    dispatch
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To get rid of, expel, or discard.
    • As he stamps his own character on the team, Kosmina has shipped out the likes of Mark Rudan, Ufuk Talay, David Zdrilic, Ruben Zadkovich and Patrick da Silva.2008 August 7, David Hall, “Sydney FC”, in Fox Sports, Australia, retrieved 14 Aug 2009
    • And before you mention the plans to fix up the Farm, let me tell you, all that regeneration talk is just about bulldozing the place and shipping us all out to God knows where.2020, Jac Shreeves-Lee, Broadwater
    Synonyms:
    dismiss

Synonyms of ship out

All synonyms of ship out

Forms of ship out

third-person singular presentships out
present participleshipping out
past participleshipped out
pastshipped out

Words formed from ship out

Questions about ship out

What does ship out mean?
Ship out means to depart, especially for a sea voyage or military assignment.
What part of speech is ship out?
Ship out is a verb.
What is the past tense of ship out?
The past tense of ship out is shipped out.

Words near ship out in the dictionary

  1. ship of the line ensign second class
  2. ship of the line lieutenant
  3. ship of the line of battle
  4. Ship of Theseus
  5. ship of war
  6. ship out
  7. ship over
  8. ship prefix
  9. ship prefixes
  10. ship railway
  11. ship railways

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