weigh anchor

1. 1.

   heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing

   Synonymsweigh the anchor

   Broaderheave

Questions about weigh anchor

What does weigh anchor mean?

weigh anchor means "heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing".

What is another word for weigh anchor?

Close synonyms include weigh the anchor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is weigh anchor a common word?

weigh anchor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.