up-anchor

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

verb (used without object)

1. to weigh anchor.

up-anchor

verb

1. intr nautical to weigh anchor

Word History and Origins

Origin of up-anchor¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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