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
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
The next morning all seemed right, and Bill began to be himself again; often wishing, however, that the anchor was aweigh, and the ship turning out of the harbour.
From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by Cooper, James Fenimore
By 4 p.m. the anchor was aweigh, and we heading towards Penang, which was reached on the following day in the midst of thick, dirty weather.
From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by Smith, J. J.
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