maiden voyage

maiden voyage
maiden voyage
Fig. the first voyage of a ship or boat. •

The liner sank on its maiden voyage.

Jim is taking his yacht on its maiden voyage.

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{n. phr.} The first voyage of a boat. * /The Titanic sank on her maiden voyage to America from England./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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