go ashore—leave a ship to go on land:
- We are now running into Gibraltar bay, and smartening up to go ashore.
run ashore —(of a ship) be forced to the shore by bad weather, etc.:
- The ship ran ashore and the captain decided to dry out and come off on the rising tide.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the nominal phrase run ashore, a—(Nautical) a brief period of shore leave:
- It was a good run ashore for the ship’s company, with the Principality of Monaco granting free admission to many places of interest.