ship off

ship off
ship off
vt
1. (send by ship)
to \ship off off ⇆ sb/sth jdn/etw verschiffen
to \ship off off goods Waren per Schiff verschicken
2. (fam: send away)
to \ship off off ⇆ sb jdn wegschicken
the children had already been \ship offped off to stay with their grandparents die Kinder hatte man bereits zu den Großeltern geschickt
* * *
vt sep
versenden; coal, grain etc verfrachten; (esp by ship) verschiffen

they shipped their sons off to boarding school — sie steckten ihre Söhne ins Internat (inf)


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