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View synonyms for up-anchor

up-anchor

[ uhp-ang-ker, uhp-ang- ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to weigh anchor.


up-anchor

verb

  1. intr nautical to weigh anchor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of up-anchor1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

At two o'clock in the morning came the welcome order, "All hands up anchor!"

Then the time had come, and we up anchor and plunged homewards through the troubled seas of the wide harbour mouth.

"Up anchor and be off to Thursday Island as fast as we can go," I said promptly.

You see we got up anchor at half-past six, and it is just twelve o'clock now.

Many more like yarns were current years ago, but we must up anchor and set our faces once more westward.

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