run away to sea
also go to sea(especially of a boy or young man) to leave your family and become a sailor:
My grandfather ran away to sea when he was twelve.
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People who work on boats & ships
- cabin boy
- cabin crew
- crew member
- deckhand
- docker
- gondolier
- hand
- helmsman
- longshoreman
- mariner
- merchant seaman
- pilot
- sailor
- sea
- sea dog
- stevedore
- steward
- yachtsman
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