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.

Examples of ship out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The new paper is mostly an ethical exploration and, the authors acknowledge, still just a stepping stone to more concrete regulations, but granting ice rights would create firmer standing to, for example, keep ships out of areas that humanity might otherwise want to use. —Brett Simpson, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025

The album got a boost thanks to sales generated from new color vinyl variants of the album, exclusively sold via Swift’s webstore, that began shipping out to customers. —Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2025

At Sysco's massive facilities, like the Houston headquarters, cases of pre-cut vegetables and pallets of non-perishables fill shelves that stretch more than 50 feet high, ready to be shipped out to restaurants across the country. —Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025

When is the last day to ship out international packages for Christmas using USPS? —Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for ship out

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