embark on a quixotic adventure

/ɪmˈbɑːrk ɒn ə kwɪkˈsɒtɪk ədˈventʃər/

verb phrase

  1. To begin an exciting but highly idealistic, unrealistic, or impractical journey or undertaking.

    C1

    embark on + noun or gerundliterary, formal

    • "They embarked on a quixotic adventure to find a lost city in the jungle."B2
    • "Despite having little money or experience, she embarked on a quixotic adventure to sail around the world."C1
    • "The young reformer embarked on a quixotic adventure to end corruption through a one-person campaign."C2
    • "He decided to embark on a quixotic adventure to climb all the world's highest peaks in a year."B2

Common mistakes

  • embark to a quixotic adventure→embark on a quixotic adventure

    The verb embark is normally followed by on before a journey, project, or undertaking.

Collocations

embark on an adventureembark on a journeyquixotic idealquixotic questidealistic mission

Word family

embarkembarkingquixoticquixoticallyadventure