set sail

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to begin a trip by sea

   I got my sea legs back. Time to set sail!

   - Well, when Columbus set sail, he didn't know if he'd have any wind.

In the movies · 7

• I got my sea legs back. Time to set sail!Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade2016
• We set sail two days before Christmas, 23rd December 1787.The Bounty1984
• - Well, when Columbus set sail, he didn't know if he'd have any wind.Interstate 602002
• I've set sail!Mary Poppins Returns2018
• About ship Set sailTroy2004
• The love boat is about to set sail.Monsters, Inc.2001
• We set sail on this new sea...Hidden Figures2016
• on the day he set sail for Paris.Pulp Fiction1994

Learn it in full scenes

• Interstate 602002
  • The Legend of O.W. Grant
  • Neal's Dad Hijacks His Birthday Lunch
  • Neal Takes the Card Test

From the same entry

• sail close to the wind
• sail through
• trim your sails
• take the wind out of sails