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weigh anchor
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to lift the anchor(= a heavy metal object) of a ship from under the water so that it can move freely: 起锚，启航
When will the cruise ship weigh anchor? I don't want to get stuck on shore.
They had just weighed anchor from Riga and expected to arrive in Helsinki by nightfall.
Francis Drake weighed anchor and set sail from Portsmouth, England, in 1572.
The Titanic last weighed anchor from Ireland in 1912.
We will be weighing anchor at Seattle by 9.00 a.m. and sailing north.
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