make fast

We make fast the doors of our lighted houses against the indigent and the hungry.

A number of men stood on the bow of the vessel, with ropes and boat-hooks, in readiness to catch and make fast to it.

Before the sailors had time to make fast the steamer, myself and friend were up the pier.

The instant he lets up, catch that flank girth and make fast.

The pilot answered that his boat had lost her anchor in the storm, and asked permission to make fast to the frigate for the night.