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ship out
verb
(adverb) to depart or cause to depart by ship
we shipped out at dawn
they shipped out the new recruits
Idioms and Phrases
Leave, especially for a distant place, as in The transport planes carried troops shipping out to the Mediterranean . Although this usage originally meant “depart by ship,” the expression is no longer limited to that mode of travel. [c. 1900]
Send, export, especially to a distant place, as in The factory shipped out many more orders last month . [Mid-1600s]
Quit a job or be fired; see shape up , def. 3.
Example Sentences
The processing sites at the Altadena Golf Course and the former Topanga Ranch Motel on Pacific Coast Highway will remain open to sort, store and ship out waste found during the Army Corps clearance, Peterson said.
As big and as tough as Clement was in those early days, he was slowly chewed up by the pressure of trying to steer the ship out of the dock when it was already tied to the harbour wall.
Fire victims can fill out a online Google form and Aerie will immediately ship out a package.
Searches amid the chaos as Assad's regime falls apart have turned up warehouses and labs poised to ship out large quantities of the drug, which is sold throughout the Middle East and parts of Europe.
Van Drew further wrote a letter to the president that states that while he further remained open to “alternate explanations for the drones,” he’s pretty sure it’s Iran, and he’s pretty sure they’ve got a mother ship out there.
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