weigh anchor as a verb: - 1
weigh anchor
verb
1 weigh anchor
Heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing.
synonym: weigh the anchor.
Roget 293:
depart;
go away;
take one's departure,
set out;
set off,
march off,
put off,
start off,
be off,
move off,
get off,
whip off,
pack off,
go off,
take oneself off;
start,
issue,
march out,
debouch;
go forth,
sally forth;
sally,
set forward;
be gone;
hail from.
leave a place,
quit,
vacate,
evacuate,
abandon;
go off the stage,
make one's exit;
retire,
withdraw,
remove;
vamoose [Slang],
vamose [U.S.];
go one's way,
go along,
go from home;
take flight,
take wing;
spring,
fly,
flit,
wing one's flight;
fly away,
whip away;
embark;
go on board,
go aboard;
set sail' put to sea,
go to sea;
sail,
take ship;
hoist blue Peter;
get under way,
weigh anchor;
strike tents,
decamp;
walk one's chalks,
cut one's stick;
take leave;
say good bye,
bid goodbye
etc.
n.;
disappear
etc.
449;
abscond
etc.
(avoid)
623;
entrain;
inspan†.
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Moby thesaurus: board, break ground, cast away, cast loose, cast off, cat the anchor, detach, disengage, doff, drop the mooring, embark, embus, emplane, enplane, entrain, free, go aboard, go on board, go on shipboard, liberate, loose, loose for sea, loosen, put to sea, release, remove, take off, take ship, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unglue, unlace, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unmoor, unstick, unstrap, untie, up-anchor ... show more.
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