embark

embark for (some place)

To depart for a particular destination, as on some mode of transportation. Do you know when Karen embarks for Rome? I want to see her before she leaves.
See also: embark

embark on (something)

1. To begin a particular journey or trip, as on some mode of transportation. Do you know when Karen embarks on her trip for Rome? I want to see her before she leaves.
2. By extension, to begin any course of action. I want to go back to school for a business degree, and I plan to embark on that process this fall.
See also: embark, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

embark for (some place)

to leave for some place, usually in a ship or an airplane. We are embarking for Denver tomorrow morning. Maria is embarking for Honolulu in just a few minutes.
See also: embark

embark on something

 
1. . Lit. to begin a journey by boarding a ship, airplane, etc. They embarked on their journey from San Juan.
2. Fig. to begin a project; to begin any process. When will you embark on your new project?
See also: embark, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • embark for
  • embark for (some place)
  • embark on
  • embark on (something)
  • depart for (some place)
  • depart for some place
  • run off
  • depart this life
  • depart
  • Get along with you!
References in periodicals archive
Charles Stanley and Embark will become on-going partners for SIPP and SSAS services to Charles Stanley clients.
CAPE TOWN, May 15, 2017 (WAFA) -- A number of South Africans embarked on a 24-hour hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who have been on hunger strike for 28 days.
Tour highlights u Embark in Cologne u Scenic passage along the classic UNESCO-listed Middle Rhine uCalls at Rudesheim, Trier and Koblenz u Visits to Traben-Trarbach, Bernkastel-Kues and Cochem uOn-board evening entertainment uOn-board English commentary uEscorted by a friendly, experienced cruise manager u Six nights' full board accommodation on board Sound of Music, return flights and transfers Cruise the Glorious Rhine River Fly-Cruise on board Olympia days from PS968 Flying direct from NewcastleJun & Jul 2017 Majestic Cologne and the villages of the Middle Rhine.
It comes at a time when government agencies are increasingly looking to diversify their procurement as a way to meet federal guidelines," said Embark Safety's Managing Partner, Edwin Sosa.
This jarring experience gave her a renewed appreciation of life's temporal and fragile nature, she said -- providing the impetus to embark on a series of adventures.
Freyberg ordered LAYFORCE to cover the evacuation on 31 May/1 June and then "disengage and embark".
Greenwood Village, Colorado-based Blueberry Systems LLC, a provider of advanced technology solutions to the mortgage and financial services industries, has developed Embark [TM], an integrated point-of-sale (POS) solution that enables lenders using Blueberry Systems' RELAY [TM] loan origination system (LOS) to benefit from a complete end-to-end system from loan application through post-closing, shipping and insuring.
Beginning in May 2013, Norwegian Breakaway--which will be the largest ship ever to home port in the City--will embark on a minimum of 88 cruises from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal through March 31, 2015.
"Our community's first response to renewable energy was really negative," Simon explained when we met to discuss Hepburn Wind and its spin-off organisation, Embark.
Ranvir Singh Verma will embark on the 120-mile journey from London's BBC Centre to The Mailbox, Birmingham, where part of BBC Asian Network is broadcast.
Ten criminal defendants, who are kept under custody in the pre-trial detention center in Karakol, Issyk-Kul oblast, have embarked on hunger strike, reported the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan.They are charged with attempted take over of the polling station in Balykchy, organization of mass disorders and calls for coup on the day of the presidential elections on July 23.They have decided to embark on an hunger strike to express their distrust to the court system on the whole and the judges reviewing the case in particular.
A DOZEN students will embark on the fifth two-year Darley Flying Start course in August, beginning at Kildangan Stud.
Flora Fyrdraaca lives in a house which has eleven thousand decaying rooms that shift around at random, making it a dangerous proposition to take a shortcut--but she's in a hurry, and her choice will bring her upon a great family secret and a banished butler who embark on a journey to restore him to his rightful heritage.
In closing, change is tough and we are about to embark on a lot of change.