up-anchor
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of up-anchor
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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He hurried toward the bridge where Captain Anderson stood, ready to give the signal to up-anchor immediately the small boat was hoisted aboard.
From The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal by Carolyn Judson Burnett
“We’d better not leave this here spot until we see ’em up-anchor and get well away,” advised Jake.
From Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess by W. (William) Rainey
There seemed nothing for it but to up-anchor, and to sea again in my shirt.
From The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Ralph S. Kendall
Signal to Squadron A to up-anchor at once and telephone to Squadron B to do the same.
From The World Peril of 1910 by George Chetwynd Griffith
He is my friend; so, the long and the short of it is, I’m going to up-anchor, away to the gold-fields, and leave the coast clear to him.”
From The Lifeboat by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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