put (out) to sea
idiom
: to leave a port, harbor, etc., and begin traveling on the sea
The ship will put (out) to sea tomorrow.
Examples of put (out) to sea in a Sentence
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Another refugee in New Delhi, David Nazir, said his elderly parents were picked up and were also among the 40 people put to sea.
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Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
The 180-ft (55-m), 240-tonne No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) put to sea last month ahead of sea trials.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2025
As the crews hustled to their stations and put to sea, agents tracked the jet skis.
—David Culver, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
The first Ford Class carrier, fittingly named the USS Gerald R. Ford, was put to sea in 2017, took more than a decade to build, and cost $13.3 billion.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 31 May 2023
The Russian Ministry of Defense said Monday that a detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet from Vladivostok has been put to sea to participate in naval exercises with their Chinese counterparts, starting Wednesday and running through Dec. 27.
—Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2022
The whaler was probably built and put to sea only roughly less than nine months after the trees were felled — a short amount of time in that period.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
With no less than three shows that have been put to sea.
—Daniel Scheffler, SPIN, 4 Apr. 2022
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Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
The 180-ft (55-m), 240-tonne No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) put to sea last month ahead of sea trials.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2025
As the crews hustled to their stations and put to sea, agents tracked the jet skis.
—David Culver, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
The first Ford Class carrier, fittingly named the USS Gerald R. Ford, was put to sea in 2017, took more than a decade to build, and cost $13.3 billion.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 31 May 2023
The Russian Ministry of Defense said Monday that a detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet from Vladivostok has been put to sea to participate in naval exercises with their Chinese counterparts, starting Wednesday and running through Dec. 27.
—Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2022
The whaler was probably built and put to sea only roughly less than nine months after the trees were felled — a short amount of time in that period.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
With no less than three shows that have been put to sea.
—Daniel Scheffler, SPIN, 4 Apr. 2022
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“Put (out) to sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20%28out%29%20to%20sea. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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