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sail in
— phrasal verb with sail /seɪl/ verbDefinition
› (also sail into sth) to start an activity enthusiastically: The children sailed into the pile of cakes and in minutes the cakes were gone. Mary sailed in with a story about her first job.Starting and beginningStarting again › (also sail into sb) informal to attack someone using words: The president sailed into her opponents with an angry speech.Disapproving and criticizingDamaging reputation
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