ship out

English

Verb

ship out (third-person singular simple present ships out, present participle shipping out, simple past and past participle shipped out)

1. (intransitive) To depart, especially for a sea voyage or military assignment.
   • 1950 October 16, “Canada: Destination Europe?”, in Time:

     The brigade is scheduled to ship out for final training in Okinawa by mid-November.

2. (intransitive, figuratively) To leave, get out, or resign.
   • 2006, Ian Macpherson, Invisibility, →ISBN, page 164:

     With a bit of luck the guard room will be empty, we'll grab some coats, press some buttons and just ship out of here.

3. (transitive) To send, especially by means of a transport vehicle.
   • 1982 August 10, “Soap opera title suits wine label”, in Milwaukee Sentinel, retrieved 14 Aug. 2009:

     The winery recently shipped out the first orders of wine under the Falcon Crest label.

4. (transitive, figuratively) To get rid of, expel, or discard.
   • 2008 August 7, David Hall, “Sydney FC”, in Fox Sports, Australia, retrieved 14 August 2009:

     As he stamps his own character on the team, Kosmina has shipped out the likes of Mark Rudan, Ufuk Talay, David Zdrilic, Ruben Zadkovich and Patrick da Silva.

   • 2020, Jac Shreeves-Lee, Broadwater:

     And before you mention the plans to fix up the Farm, let me tell you, all that regeneration talk is just about bulldozing the place and shipping us all out to God knows where.

Synonyms

• (intransitive: depart): sail
• (intransitive, figurative: leave, get out, resign): bugger off, take off
• (transitive: send): dispatch, ship
• (transitive, figurative: get rid of, expel, discard): dismiss, kick out, oust

Derived terms

• shape up or ship out

Anagrams

• Photius, uphoist