set sail for some place
set sail for some place
to leave in a ship or boat for some place. (Not limited to ships having sails.) We set sail for Grenada at noon. When do we set sail for Nantucket?
See also: place, sail, set
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- defect to
- defect to (something)
- ditch (some place)
- fly off
- Mecca for
- lift down
- a tight ship
- barrel in
- barrel in(to)
- come on into (some place)