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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Picking and packing orders to ship out to people’s homes cannot match the profit margins of having customers browse pallets in a warehouse.
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Yet another quarterback being shipped out of town and finding his footing elsewhere.
—Tyler Geis, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Their down comforters, for example, can be shipped out to you on a time crunch, though sizing availability varies a little more here than directly at the site.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Those signature purple Crown Royal bags get filled with wellness essentials and shipped out to service members.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Yet another quarterback being shipped out of town and finding his footing elsewhere.
—Tyler Geis, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Their down comforters, for example, can be shipped out to you on a time crunch, though sizing availability varies a little more here than directly at the site.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Those signature purple Crown Royal bags get filled with wellness essentials and shipped out to service members.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 1 Oct. 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 19 Oct. 2025.
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