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The graceful act of leaving a vessel before it leaves you.

means To get off a ship, plane, or other vehicle once it has stopped.

from From French desembarquer, stripping the bark right off embarkation: dis- (undo) plus barque (small ship), the journey reversed at the gangway.

Naval rootsOnce strictly for ships, planes borrowed it later.
Polite oppositeEmbark begins the trip, disembark ends it.
Barque linkShares ancestry with barge and embargo.
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