ship out

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.

Examples of ship out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It is typically used for educational programs and tourist excursions, but the Viking center says the damage has kept the ship out of service this summer. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2026

Convicted of a gross misdemeanor or more, you’re shipped out of the country. — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2026

An effective Houthi blockade of Bab al-Mandeb would create a new front in the war with Iran, potentially requiring US military intervention that could then erode US ability to help ships out of the Strait of Hormuz. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

After the Navy shipped out, hurricane-force Aleutian winds pried homes apart. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026

Rhymes for ship out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout