weigh anchor
Example Sentences
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A deal with Russia, backed by the UN, hopes to see 600,000 tonnes of grain leave port - but ships are still awaiting the all-clear to weigh anchor.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2022
We wade our gear out to the boat, a 26-foot Mako, weigh anchor and motor off to the dive site.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2018
From those old piers, I could almost watch the past weigh anchor and steam out through the Narrows.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2016
But when it came time to weigh anchor, there was a problem: the aging boat that North had docked in South Carolina proved unsalvageable.
From The New Yorker ● May 3, 2016
The morning they were to weigh anchor he was released.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
