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Meanings of drop anchor in English

Portuguese
estar ancorado no ancoradouro

Secure a vessel with an anchor.

estar ancorado no ancoradouro
Usage of drop anchor in English
1
Yes, to my mind we'd best drop anchor and have a search.''
English passengers
2
Get in nearer the shore, and we'll drop anchor above the landing.
The House Boat Boys; Or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South
3
He was straitly forbidden to drop anchor in any water of Hispaniola.
1492
4
When we get there we shall drop anchor till the tide turns.
By England's Aid; or, the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)
5
It was impossible for them to drop anchor very close to shore.
Roma eterna
6
It pleases them not to have a Christian ship drop anchor here.
The confusion
7
I'll not drop anchor till Bu Saef has rejoined his old masters.
Saved from the Sea; Or, The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Sa...
8
Why did she so quickly drop anchor and put out two boats?
The Adventures of Captain Horn
9
Blood has overhauled a naval vessel, has caused her to drop anchor.
The new yorker
10
So I asked him to drop anchor long enough to forage.
Burning up
11
Any twitch on the compass needle and we drop anchor and search below.
Map of bones
12
The hydrofoil, which had seemed to drop anchor, was on the move again.
Map of bones
13
She won't get up again till we drop anchor at Madeira.
Dawn
14
But the love pirate intended to drop anchor in California waters, it seemed!
The Port of Adventure
15
Bandini's leer caused him to kill the motor and drop anchor.
Wait until spring, bandini
16
The pilot passed the word to drop anchor off Dungeness.
Grace Darling, Heroine of the Farne Islands
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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