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Also, make sail . Begin a voyage on water, as in Dad rented a yacht, and we're about to set sail for the Caribbean , or We'll make sail for the nearest port . These expressions, dating from the early 1500s, originally meant “put the sails in position to catch the wind,” and hence cause the vessel to move.Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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