drop anchor

VERB
  1. secure a vessel with an anchor
    We anchored at Baltimore
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How To Use drop anchor In A Sentence

  • We are just about to drop anchor so those who fancy a dip can splash around in a perfect little cove. The Sun
  • Alternatively, drop anchor, pour a stiff drink and soak up the sun!
  • As the standard length of rope required just to drop anchor was 120 fathoms, the market was a big one.
  • Ceylon they proceed to Siam, and thence to Hong-Kong, where they drop anchor in the offing, and by a special custom the cargo is sold and paid for in sycee silver before disfreighting, and the bullion is in the safe of the huge smuggler, although the opium has not yet been removed. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873
  • But it's also a case of settling into your role in the side. Gary used to drop anchor for us at one end; Allan would be the one we called upon to break partnerships, or bowl in the slog overs in one-day games.
  • Steve up-anchored and obliged, taking us closer inshore to drop anchor on top of a wreck where the lads caught pouting three at a time.
  • Or rather dozens of them when we drop anchor at neighbouring La Digue. Times, Sunday Times
  • Or rather dozens of them when we drop anchor at neighbouring La Digue. Times, Sunday Times
  • Or rather dozens of them when we drop anchor at neighbouring La Digue. Times, Sunday Times
  • We are just about to drop anchor so those who fancy a dip can splash around in a perfect little cove. The Sun
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