up-anchor

[ uhp-ang-ker, uhp-ang- ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to weigh anchor.

Origin of up-anchor

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

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How to use up-anchor in a sentence

  • 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.

    Wulfric the Weapon Thane | Charles W. Whistler
  • "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.

    The Queen's Cup | G. A. Henty
  • Many more like yarns were current years ago, but we must up anchor and set our faces once more westward.

British Dictionary definitions for up-anchor

up-anchor

verb
  1. (intr) nautical to weigh anchor

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