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sail in
Thesaurussailverb1. To move swiftly:bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.Informal: hotfoot, rip.Slang: barrel, highball.Chiefly British: nip.Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.2. To pass quickly and lightly through the air:dart, float, fly, shoot, skim.3. To move through the air with or as if with wings:flap, flit, flitter, flutter, fly, wing.4. To proceed with ease, especially of expression:flow, glide, roll.phrasal verb
sail inTo start work on vigorously:attack, go at, tackle, wade in (or into).Idiom: hop to it.phrasal verb
sail intoTo set upon with violent force:aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on (or upon), go at, have at, storm, strike.Informal: light into, pitch into.Translationssail in
sail in1. To enter or arrive in a boat, ship, or plane. The great cliffs of the island rose to greet us as we sailed in on our yacht. The plane sailed in just after midnight.2. To enter or arrive in an abrupt and nonchalant manner. Five minutes after the meeting started, Janet sailed in as if nothing were amiss. I think a lot of people are worried that the new manager will just sail in and disrupt the entire way we do things.See also: sailsail in (to something) 1. Lit. to travel into something or some place in a boat or ship. We sailed into the harbor nearly an hour late. We sailed in at noon. 2. Fig. to move or proceed into something or some place gracefully or without resistance. She sailed into the room wearing a flowing gown. Three young maidens sailed into the room before the door closed.See also: sail |