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
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
AN hour before dawn the anchor was aweigh and the Royal James drifted ahead like a shadow, in between the outer islands where the fairway was wide and safe.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Schoonover, Frank Earle
I was on the topgallant forecastle all the time, superintending the operations there, and as soon as I saw the cable swinging with the heave of the ship, “Anchor’s aweigh, sir!”
From Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Collingwood, Harry
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