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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Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Now, the second-guessing is all that's left for fans who did not want to see Devers shipped out of town at midseason, and Breslow apparently isn't above it. Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025 This section of the site can help you to take more than $800 off furniture, patio, rugs, bedding, and more for items that are in great shape, but might be shipped out of their original packaging or have minor dings and scratches. Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2025 Behling found himself in the company of those who had just completed their training in radar and were about to be shipped out to the Pacific Theater. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025 The machine is made up of four modules, manufactured in Connecticut, California, Germany and the Netherlands, then assembled in the Veldhoven, Netherlands, lab for testing and approval, before being disassembled again to ship out. Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 22 May 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 1 Jul. 2025.

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