setting sail

synonyms for setting sail

On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to setting sail, such as: go ahead, dive in, set out, and start out.

Some refugees wait for days on the ships before setting sail.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean | Barbie Latza Nadeau | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
They hid out in a tiny town before setting sail for London on a two-month journey by steam ship.
The Grape King from Shogunate Japan | Debra A. Klein | April 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The ship was setting sail at a little after daybreak, and it had been arranged that Señor Velasquez was to come and see him off.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge Hemyng

At the moment of setting sail, he wrote to the Senate to announce the conclusion of the war in Asia, and his own speedy return.
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
Then, setting sail with the rapidity of a man-of-war, she bore down upon the American vessel.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.
setting sail from Goa on the 18th of February 1513, the armament arrived safe at Aden.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VI | Robert Kerr
These things were reported to Belisarius when he was just about setting sail.
History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) | Procopius

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