ship out
Depart for sea
Ship out means to depart, especially by sea or for military deployment: He shipped out to Korea in 1951.
More broadly, it means to leave or be sent somewhere: The package ships out tomorrow.
The phrase appears in the ultimatum shape up or ship out—improve your behavior or leave.
Board for travel
- set sailBegin a sea journey
- cast offRelease or discard
- leaveSanctioned time away
- sail awayLeave by boat
voyage · journey · expedition · farewell · bon voyage · send-off · goodbye · departure
Organized distribution of resources
- enlistJoin armed forces
- recruitNew member sought
- draftPreliminary version of text
- basic trainingInitial military instruction
bootcamp · barracks · troops · conscription · muster · induction · service · infantry
embark
Board for travel
sail away · voyage · journey · expedition · farewell · bon voyage · send-off · goodbye · departure · seafarer
deployment
Organized distribution of resources
basic training · bootcamp · barracks · troops · conscription · muster · induction · service · infantry · platoon
send
Cause to arrive elsewhere
- freightGoods being transported
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
courier · logistics · distribution · carrier · transport · deliver · mail · tracking · express · fulfillment
begin
To start something
initiate · get underway · set forth · head out · move out · proceed · activate · mobilize
- Nautical Idiomsbatten down the hatches, all hands on deck, smooth sailing, three sheets to the wind, in the same boat
- travel idiomshit the road, in the same boat, miss the boat, end of the road, crossroads
- movingmoving, moving truck, move out, move in, movers
- military enlistmentenlistment, recruit, enlisted, induction, recruits
- getting rid ofunload, disposal, dump, shed, offloading
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
ship outarrive
Reach a destination
come in · pull in · roll in · land · touch down
ship outcome home
Arrive at your residence
return home · muster out · demobilize · discharge · repatriate
ship, outgoing, shipping, ships, shipment, shipped, outbound