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Meaning of "dropped anchor"
Dropped anchor is a nautical phrase used to describe the action of lowering an anchor from a ship in order to secure it in place. It refers to the act of stopping or anchoring a vessel at a particular location
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- simple past tense and past participle of drop anchor
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dropped anchor
We have dropped anchor to fix the engine.
Several boats had already dropped anchor.
The ship dropped anchor in the harbor.
My ships have just dropped anchor.
They dropped anchor by the shore.
It then withdrew after the tugboat dropped anchor.
We dropped anchor this morning.
They have dropped anchor.
We dropped anchor and waited.
So Dwargstof would have dropped anchor on a rocky bottom.
Came over here not ten minutes after the Orion had dropped anchor.
The ship dropped anchor.
Dropped anchor in New York city harbor three hours ago.
We have dropped anchor.
But our Reliant Reluctant had dropped anchor.
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Ten days later his ship dropped anchor off the north coast of the forbidden island.
The ship set sail from Turkey and dropped anchor in Malta.
So we dropped anchor in the Ulithi Lagoon to go for a swim.
A cargo ship bound for Brest has dropped anchor a mile off the coast.
Yi 's warships deployed on the northern end of the strait and dropped anchor.
Today we dropped anchor.
I have spent my entire life trying to avoid the final splicing. Never dropped anchor.
He never dropped anchor.
We dropped anchor at La Linea de la Conception ( a Spanish town just above Gibraltar ).
Late afternoon the Eagle dropped anchor for the night near an island.
You would better shove off, we dropped anchor.
A week later we dropped anchor in Skylark Channel off an island known as Guadalcanal.
So on the following Tuesday the Pearl had dropped anchor under the white.
The ship dropped anchor at Nepean Bay.
Following the Ming arrival, both fleets dropped anchor for the night.
Yeah, it dropped anchor about an hour ago.
Where did that ship go that dropped anchor yesterday?
The captain dropped anchor to avoid a run-in with marine traffic.
Pontius ' ship has dropped anchor.
Dad dropped anchor at the Commodore 's Club.
They eventually dropped anchor in Tahiti.
It was the first time that the schooner _ Ebba _ had dropped anchor.
Your pirate ship has dropped anchor at the terrible island of Pingo Pingo.
Undetected by the Germans, the armada, led by cruisers and battleships, dropped anchor about.
The Armada finally dropped anchor off Calais.
We have dropped anchor to fix the engine . Now the anchor 's stuck.
A hundred miles east, they dropped anchor in Marovo Lagoon.
At least 20 Potomac “ river arks ” - houseboats that served as floating brothels - dropped anchor.
The freighter dropped anchor but it 's still drifting.
So you're the senior field agent in charge. Dropped anchor about an hour ago.
The French dropped anchor at Saint-Nicolas and Gonaïves.
Get on it. 'But our Reliant Reluctant had dropped anchor.
Once the sailer dropped anchor near a small is - land.
She first arrived in Japanese waters on 15 September, when she dropped anchor in Tokyo Bay.
On March 29 his two ships dropped anchor in Nootka Sound, opposite the village of Yuquot.
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Dropped in on your mom for a goodwill call
She is but she dropped in on me this evening
Examples of using Anchor
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Anchor the pump to avoid equipment movement
We are gonna weigh anchor and make sail
The anchor chain is your center point
