ship out

phrasal verb

shipped out; shipping out; ships out
: to leave one place and go to another for military duties
The troops will be shipping out next month.

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Those signature purple Crown Royal bags get filled with wellness essentials and shipped out to service members. Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025 And yes, a final possible option could see Järnkrok shipped out via trade. Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025 Fortunately, Italian train engineers intervened, allowing the family to board the last American ship out of Europe before war shut down the route. Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025 The skirts that passed muster would be put through a metal detector—to insure that there were no stray needles—then folded, packed, and shipped out to the port on trucks. Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ship out

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“Ship out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ship%20out. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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