set sails

A form of set sail — To depart on a voyage by boat or ship.

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Meanings

verbset sails (third-person singular simple present sets sails, present participle setting sails, simple past and past participle set sails)

present singular third person sets sails · participle present setting sails

  1. alternativeAlternative form of set sail.

    Now, the compass pointed west […] So I set sails once again and came back here to Rogueport to recharge. That's what happened to me lately, but I'll be heading back out soon.

    2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport
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APA

set sails. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20sails

MLA

“set sails.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20sails. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “set sails,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20sails.

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