ship out

phrasal verb

shipped out; shipping out; ships out

: to leave one place and go to another for military duties

The troops will be shipping out next month.

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The prospect of millions of people who’ve come to America to make a better life for themselves being rounded up and shipped out is ghastly. —

Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024 Still, the new orders for large ships come as a number of ports, including Venice and Juneau, Alaska, have taken steps such as capping visitor numbers and moving ships out of city centers in recent years, in efforts to mitigate the strain of overtourism and environmental impacts. —

Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024 The latest round of free COVID-19 from the federal government tests ships out this week. —

Kelly Tyko, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024 The ship's flight computers were programmed to guide the spacecraft toward a precise point in space for the critical de-orbit braking burn needed to drop the ship out of orbit. —

William Harwood, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ship out