launch out

phrasal verb

launched out; launching out; launches out
: to begin doing something that is new and very different from what one has been doing
He left the company and launched out on his own.

Examples of launch out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As the villain is about to kill Moser with a motorbike, Rex launches out of a bush and tackles him. Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023 Filer was still trying to resolve the problem and maneuver the airplane toward a runway, but his ejection seat fired and he was launched out of the aircraft, the report said. Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023 Tensions were high, to say the least, with the whole cast shouting over each other, and one cast member, James Kennedy, launching out of his seat multiple times to yell at Sandoval. Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023 And all of this must happen while still accelerating time to market to get campaigns and launches out the door. Esther Flammer, Forbes, 5 May 2023 It can be launched out of a two-foot launch tube into the air, remotely piloted and ultimately instructed to dive towards enemy personnel and detonate a small grenade-like charge, releasing a shotgun spray of shrapnel in a specific direction. Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2023

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“Launch out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/launch%20out. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.

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