chug out

Frequency: 4.51.2 per million words

Indicates departure or movement out of a place, like a station.

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Examples (10)

  • The old steam train chugged out of the station, billowing smoke.
  • We watched as the little ferry chugged out of the harbor at dawn.
  • The locomotive was slowly chugging out of the tunnel into the daylight.
  • With a final whistle, the last train chugged out of the valley.
  • The vintage tractor chugged noisily out of the old barn.
  • The children gathered to watch the miniature train chug out of its shed.
  • I could hear the freight train beginning to chug out of the railyard.
  • The old bus laboriously chugged out of the city depot.
  • Every morning, the first engine would chug out onto the main line.
  • Having finished its repairs, the boat chugged out to sea.