take ship
idiomatic phrase
: to set out on a voyage by ship
… he spoke freely of his intention to start shortly for Liverpool and take ship for America.—
George Eliot
George Eliot… where they built a canoe, paddled down the muddy Mississippi between unending reaches of lonely marsh and forest, and from New Orleans took ship to Virginia.—Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore RooseveltThe idea of taking ship and heading off into the blue is, after all, a central part of the mythology of being English.—Jonathan Raban
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“Take ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20ship. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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