going ashore
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3.5
- noun
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desembarco
- Looks like we're going ashore after all.
- a chance to go ashore
Examples
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During the going ashore, the crew eagerly stepped onto the sandy beach, excited to stretch their legs.
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After a long journey at sea, we finally enjoyed the going ashore to explore the charming coastal town.
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That could be where they went ashore.
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I told you it was a bad idea to go ashore.
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We'll have to go ashore.
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We will go ashore later, and perhaps teach you about beer.
Fiction book (1990) -
A couple of pals and I went ashore for a cup of tea.
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If you like, you may go ashore when we dock, since there is certain to be a delay.
Fiction book (1995) -
My family and I went ashore for two days during a tour of the Baltic States.
Blog text (1) -
We'll be docking in a few moments, and I'll be going ashore to meet with the leader of the town.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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4.5
The moment a ship, person, or storm reaches land after being at sea
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derivable from 'going' (to move/leave) combined with 'ashore' (toward/onto land from water), yielding the simple compositional sense of leaving a boat and stepping onto land. This motion verb + directional adverb pattern is cross-linguistically common and should be obvious to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Going ashore comes from the picture of someone stepping from a boat onto the beach or a dock. The parts going and ashore mean moving and 'on the shore', so the phrase describes leaving a ship and walking onto land, which is why it means 'the act of leaving a boat or ship and stepping onto land'.