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embark for (some place)

To depart for a particular destination, as on some mode of transportation. Do you know when Karen embarks for Rome? I want to see her before she leaves. I don't embark for Spain until the 12th, so I can help you until then. A: "When do you guys plan to embark for Niagara Falls?" B: "Ideally, as soon as we get the car loaded up!"
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embark on (something)

1. To begin a particular journey or trip, as on some mode of transportation. Do you know when Karen embarks on her trip for Rome? I want to see her before she leaves. I don't embark on my vacation in Spain until the 12th, so I can help you until then. A: "When do you guys plan to embark on your drive to Niagara Falls?" B: "Ideally, as soon as we get the car loaded up!"
2. By extension, to begin any course of action. I want to go back to school for a business degree, and I plan to embark on that process this fall. You need to embark on the payroll audit soon because it's going to take you a while I try to embark on my Christmas shopping as early as possible because I refuse to be at the mall on Christmas Eve!
See also: embark, on
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embark for (some place)

to leave for some place, usually in a ship or an airplane. We are embarking for Denver tomorrow morning. Maria is embarking for Honolulu in just a few minutes.
See also: embark, for

embark on something

 
1. . Lit. to begin a journey by boarding a ship, airplane, etc. They embarked on their journey from San Juan.
2. Fig. to begin a project; to begin any process. When will you embark on your new project?
See also: embark, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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