up-anchor
[uhp-ang-ker, uhp-ang-]
verb (used without object)
to weigh anchor.
Origin of up-anchor
First recorded in 1895–1900
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At high tide the next morning we were to up-anchor and away.
Through the South Seas with Jack LondonMartin Johnson
up-anchor
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