drops anchor
Parks the boat
To drop anchor is to lower a ship's anchor into the water, securing the vessel in place.
The phrase extends to settling somewhere after travel or movement: We dropped anchor at a small café for lunch.
Someone who drops anchor is stopping, often temporarily, to rest or establish position.
- loweringMoving something downward
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- come to restHalt completely, become stationary
- safe harborProtected place for vessels
securing · fixing · chain · committing · docking · harbor pilot · establishing · shackle · capstan · rooting · steadying · windlass · bollard · cleat · berthing · ship's berth · port of call · heaving
drops anchorsets sail
Begins a voyage
weighs anchor · casts off · puts to sea · departs · shoves off
drops anchormoves on
Stops dwelling, advances
hits the road · uproots · drifts · wanders
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