to deplane
- verb
- /dɪˈpleɪn/
- Please deplane immediately.
- deplaned passengers
I I an American Airlines flight from Mexico City to Toronto, but they made me deplane in Chicago.
- I I an American Airlines flight from Mexico City to Toronto, but they made me deplane in Chicago.
- We'll take you guys back to the gate, deplane you, and then we will hopefully be able to take off if the weather doesn't get worse.
Examples
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Flight 7734 lands safely in Ocala, and Terry LaDey deplanes without incident, even checking under his seat for carry-on articles.
Fiction book (1993) -
P. A.: All passengers will deplane... through the first-class jetway.
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You may all deplane now.
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We just got to get there before they deplane.
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Anyway, we're gonna have to deplane.
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Laura is the last to deplane, and the young man smiles as she approaches them.
Fiction book (1996) -
Be aware of your bags and try not to hit anyone in the head or roll over anyone's foot as you deplane.
Blog text (15) -
Emily and I left the next day, and when we deplaned in Boston, Tom was waiting at the gate.
Fiction book (1997) -
Cutter moves through a wave of humanity as passengers continue to deplane.
Fiction book (1992) -
You may all deplane now.
Synonyms
To leave a ship, plane, or other vehicle after a journey
To get off a ship or plane and go onto land
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Deplane comes from the prefix de- meaning 'off' or 'remove' and plane meaning 'airplane'. So, to deplane is to get 'off the airplane' after a flight.