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Under way

adverb

In motion; set in motion.

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... incapacitated for the present, possessed a superficial knowledge of seamanship. Hagthorpe, although he had been a fighting officer, untrained in navigation, knew how to handle a ship, and under his directions they set about getting under way. ...

— Captain Blood • Rafael Sabatini

... expedition to the north is already under way, and the rest will to-morrow set off under the command of Admiral Puke. May the Almighty crown the undertaking with success, and soon send them back again! Perhaps something might be effected, before ...

— Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II • Sir John Ross

... mind the dewy morning business," called Cora. "Just get your machines well under way. You know, we must make ...

— The Motor Girls on a Tour • Margaret Penrose

... 'Let's get under way at once,' he said, 'and sail down the fiord.' I tried for something more specific, but he was gone, and his voice drowned in the fo'c'sle by the clatter and swish of washing up. Thenceforward events moved with bewildering rapidity. Humbly desirous of being useful I joined him ...

— Riddle of the Sands • Erskine Childers

... the river, Terence had been sailing under his instructions and, as soon as the boat was under way again ...

— Under Wellington's Command - A Tale of the Peninsular War • G. A. Henty

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