Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Ship out
Ship out verb - To travel on water in a vessel.
Both terms in one sentence
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This didn't keep him from taking the old ship out every once in a while and indulging in some piracy when he got bored.
Source: Retired Badass -
Then Archer becomes the Pirate King by Klingon Promotion, but proves pretty bad at maritime hijacking (he lets his victim keep his ship out of sympathy for small-business owners).
Source: Ruthless Modern Pirates -
This also helps to keep the ship out of Syndic hands, whose boarding parties try to capture the ship, only to run away in terror.
Source: Literature / The Lost Fleet
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