drop anchor
Verb
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Verb
drop anchor
- (nautical) To release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place.
- Antonyms: weigh anchor
- (euphemistic) To defecate.
- 2005, John Illig, Pacific Dream, ISBN 9781932762372, p. 204 (Google preview) ↗:
- Junkyard Dog always stopped for lengthy bathroom breaks by announcing his intentions in advance, using a different euphemism every time, saying, to name a few, "I have to: drop anchor... do some paperwork... lay some foundation... pinch a loaf... lighten my load...."
- 2014 Feb. 24, Ashley Burns, "A Company Will Soon Offer A VIP Public Restroom In New York City For $8 A Plop ↗," UPROXX Web Culture (retrieved 26 July 2015):
- POSH is the perfect alternative to . . . stopping in a filthy, germ-infested public restroom to drop anchor. . . . Instead, the POSH Stow and Go offers people a private, clean bathroom experience.
- Synonyms: drop a bomb, drop a chalupa, drop a deuce, drop the kids off at the pool, Thesaurus:defecate
- 2005, John Illig, Pacific Dream, ISBN 9781932762372, p. 204 (Google preview) ↗:
- French: jeter l'ancre
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