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sailing

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈseɪlɪŋ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈseɪlɪŋ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sā′ling)

Collocations for "sailing"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sailing" in context.

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sail

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. the [boat's, ship's, yacht's] sail
  2. the sails of the [boat]
  3. the [ship] has [three] sails
  4. [rig, mast, lower, unfurl, tighten] the sails
  5. a wind- [torn] sail
  6. the sails [fluttered, waved, struggled] in the wind
  7. a [strong, gusty] wind caught the sail
  8. a huge wave [blasted, battered, hit] the sail
  9. [cruising, exploring, drifting] under sail
  10. go for a sail around the [island, lake, cape]
  11. set sail to [America, France, Brazil]
  12. set sail at [night, dawn, daybreak]
  13. make sail for [France]
  14. informal: the [family, company, government] needs to trim sails
  15. sail a [boat, ship, company]
  16. sail the [seas, oceans, Atlantic]
  17. sail in the [lake, sea, wind]
  18. sailing at [sea, dawn]
  19. sail for [home, the shore, England]
  20. sail from [Portsmouth, the port, the harbor]
  21. sailed (back) to [shore, the island, New York]
  22. sail away
  23. sail through the [air, sky]
  24. sail through [an exam, a test, school]
  25. sail through with flying colors
  26. sail into the [room, building, crowd]
'sailing' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "sailing" in the title:

'Sailing boats' or 'boats sailing' - English Only forum
A few days ago, I was going through my new sailing gear. - English Only forum
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America's cup and sailing terminology - English Only forum
An idiom like sailing under false colors - English Only forum
Are they sailing/driving this boat. - English Only forum
as independent of its base as a sailing-ship - English Only forum
came sailing past her... - English Only forum
Charles Hall started out (by) sailing a small dinghy... - English Only forum
coast along v plain sailing - English Only forum
Common Sailing Yacht Product Recommendations - English Only forum
corner-kick sailing... - English Only forum
dead spot (sailing term) - English Only forum
Find the head (sailing) - English Only forum
For him <to sail back / sailing back> is [Gerund / to infinitive] - English Only forum
from which the poems from Sailing to Byzantium through - English Only forum
go sailing right over the edge - English Only forum
grew up sailing - English Only forum
He kicked around the idea of going (for) sailing - English Only forum
he took Nayda and me () sailing - English Only forum
I have done sailing / I have sailed / I've been/gone sailing - English Only forum
I saw the fleet, sailing on a great ocean () the color of blood. - English Only forum
I've been sailing a few times - English Only forum
I’d rather be <sailing> - English Only forum
Kedge-haul sailing vessels - English Only forum
learned... of the sailing, from Halifax - English Only forum
May have been rigged for sailing - English Only forum
not <all> smooth sailing - English Only forum
Nothing is plain sailing to the top - English Only forum
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