high seas

The vessels of the French for the most part sought refuge on the high seas.

It's burglary on the high seas, and I'll go fifty miles to see him hanged.'

Everything that happens on board ship on the high seas has got to be dealt with somehow.

What was happening was that the High Seas Fleet was turning round.

Surely, then, British commanders might claim their own seamen on the high seas.

Kitty may be on the high seas, that is, if she has taken my advice and got a return-ticket.

At four o'clock they were on the high seas, heading for the Azores.

September 19: F has not been the only one to think of the high seas as a final refuge.

It was a day of fierce men and wild deeds—especially on the high seas.

I have been tricked, robbed, and cruelly treated, sir on the high seas!