aweigh
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of aweigh
Example Sentences
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There’s a worthy model for us all on this unpredictable voyage — anchors aweigh!
From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2018
At the local level, though, it was acronyms aweigh.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Up and down, sir—anchor's aweigh," came the report, in a voice that started as a roar, but reached the Midshipman aft as a faint high wail.
From H.M.S. —— by Bower, John Graham
By this time, the York was aweigh, the tide had turned, and it became necessary to fill on the other tack in order to clear the land to the eastward.
From The Two Admirals by Cooper, James Fenimore
The Coquette's anchor will be aweigh, in twenty minutes; and I shall find two hours of an ebbing tide, and a top-gallant breeze, but too short a time for the pleasure of entertaining such guests.
From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore
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