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Definition of up-anchor verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

up-anchor

verb

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they up-anchor

he / she / it up-anchors

past simple up-anchored

-ing form up-anchoring

(of a ship or its crew) to raise the anchor from the water in order to be ready to sail

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