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View synonyms for up-anchor
up-anchor
[ uhp-ang-ker, uhp-ang- ]
verb (used without object)
- to weigh anchor.
up-anchor
verb
- intr nautical to weigh anchor
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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!"
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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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