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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When is the last day to ship out international packages for Christmas using USPS?
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
The warehouse would be a specialized delivery center meant to allow for delivery of certain Amazon products in a four-to-five hour window using gig-style delivery drivers to ship out goods.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
At the time, analysts called it one of the biggest trades in NFL history, crediting a win-now approach for Green Bay while many criticized Jones for shipping out a franchise cornerstone.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
Behind us lie six months of intense work to get this ship out of lay-up, to train and to get to sea.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
The warehouse would be a specialized delivery center meant to allow for delivery of certain Amazon products in a four-to-five hour window using gig-style delivery drivers to ship out goods.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
At the time, analysts called it one of the biggest trades in NFL history, crediting a win-now approach for Green Bay while many criticized Jones for shipping out a franchise cornerstone.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
Behind us lie six months of intense work to get this ship out of lay-up, to train and to get to sea.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 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 Dec. 2025.
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