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Meanings of go to sea in English

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Usage of go to sea in English
1
Men who go to sea are different from men who stay ashore.
The Last Ship
2
They could never be made ready to go to sea in time.
Secret of the Dragon
3
The boy who had wanted to go to sea, to become someone.
Second to None
4
So sing the soldiers who go to sea, commonly called the marines.
Winning a Cause: World War Stories
5
One cannot see to go and the other cannot go to sea.
My Book of Indoor Games
6
I never knew I would be brave enough to go to sea.
The Story of a Lamb on Wheels
7
He may think that you will clear out and go to sea.
From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
8
But I suppose my mother would not let me go to sea.
Now or Never; Or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright: A Story for Yo...
9
His older brothers were quite willing that he should go to sea.
Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories
10
He rebuked me severely for expressing a determination to go to sea.
Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawse...
11
Then why in the devil do you want to go to sea?
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
12
I wish I were a boy, I'd go to sea with you.
Mary Barton
13
I've only to go to sea, and get drowned the quickest way.
Foul Play
14
Shall I go home thought I, or shall I go to sea?
Robinson Crusoe — in Words of One Syllable
15
An' sling my last discharge away, an' go to sea no more.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-07
16
People in Fiji are being warned not to go to sea this week.
Radio NZ
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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